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Megadeth – Peace Sells (5:09)

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“Peace Sells” is from the album Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?, written by Dave Mustaine. VH1 has ranked it as #11 on their list of the 40 greatest metal songs of all time.

The opening bassline was also used as the theme for MTV News. Accotding to the Peace Sells Songfacts, Dave Mustaine never received any royalties from MTV for their use of the song. Lyrically, it deals with disillusion, Cold War politics, and military combat, all recurring themes in Megadeth songs. It also deals with negative stereotypes about “metalheads”, all of which Mustaine claims are untrue.

A music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KDO_yCYcuU) was also produced for the song, which features a teenage boy, wearing a Slayer t-shirt, watching a montage of a live Megadeth performance and war footage on his living room television set. The boy’s father, played by Jello Biafra, states “I want to watch the news!,” and changes the television channel to a news station using the remote control. His son, replying with “This is the news!,” changes it back to the Megadeth performance using the TV set’s channel knob. This part of the video was parodied by comedian Brian Posehn in his Metal by Numbers video.

The song was also featured in the popular games like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, True Crime: Streets of LA, and is a playable track on Rock Band 2.
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  • MariaChikatilo

    668

    yesterday morning

  • MariaChikatilo

    Best Megadeth's song!

    yesterday morning

  • muckers

    Agreed with PeculiarOne - one of the best intros ever!

    10 days ago

  • PeculiarOne

    Dat intro

    12 days ago

  • IrideSisters

    Amazing track.

    18 days ago

  • BexxSleazeSixxx

    ♥

    25 days ago

  • ChrisFallout

    So brilliant.

    last month

  • ikrazs

    The beginning is great !

    last month

  • IBrokeTheOath

    I'd say Creeping Death is a better song than this.

    last month

  • moresweetb

    Oh yeah, Mr. Mustaine is more than awesome. He was my pretend boyfriend; back n the day.

    last month

  • nopuppet

    this tune has by now 176 shouts more than metallicas creeping death, haha

    last month

  • lodeus

    Kurt Loder! :/

    last month

  • applehippy

    good innit

    March 2012

  • KeIemvor

    "What do you mean I don't believe in God? Talk to him every day." Funnily that is now true literally.

    March 2012

  • maryland666

    fuckin a dave rules

    March 2012

  • xXPyrophorusXx

    First Megadeth song I ever heard.

    March 2012

  • Warlockbassist

    This song was so amazing live in Mass \m/

    March 2012

  • Veatrix

    PTM!!! Me encanta esa rola!!!! Helll Yeahh!!!

    February 2012

  • rockandrolljoe

    FN Mega

    February 2012

  • metaljenjen

    It's still we the people, RIGHT???? \m/ I love you Dave Mustaine \m/

    February 2012
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