Peace Sells

Infobox Song
Name = Peace Sells


Artist = Megadeth
Album = Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
Released = November 1986
track_no = 3
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Thrash metal
Length = 4:02
Writer = Dave Mustaine
Label = Combat
Producer = Dave Mustaine and Randy Burns
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next = Devils Island
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next_no = 4"Peace Sells" (audio| Peace Sells 2004 clip.ogg|sample) is the name of a song by Megadeth from the album "Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?", written by Dave Mustaine. It is one of their most popular songs of the album, along with "Wake Up Dead". VH1 ranked it as #11 on their list of the 40 greatest metal songs of all time ["VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs", 1-4 May 2006, "VH1" Channel, reported by [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/103446/episode_this_list.jhtml VH1.com] ; last accessed 2006-09-10.] . The opening bassline was also used as the theme for MTV News. 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 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 ', ', and is a playable track on "Rock Band 2".

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