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"Peace Sells" is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth from their 1986 album Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, written by Dave Mustaine. It has since been a constant at Megadeth concerts. According to David Ellefson, it became quickly apparent when playing the song live prior to recording the album that "Peace Sells" would be a hit.[2] In 2006, VH1 ranked "Peace Sells" at number 11 on their list of the "40 Greatest Metal Songs" of all time.[3] The song is also known for the distinctive bass intro played by Ellefson.
| "Peace Sells" | ||||
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| Single by Megadeth | ||||
| from the album Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? | ||||
| Released | November 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal[1] | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Dave Mustaine | |||
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| "Peace Sells" on YouTube | ||||
Music video
A music video was produced for the song, directed by the artist Robert Longo and edited by artist Gretchen Bender. The video includes a dramatic pause in the middle of the song. The interstitial features a teenage boy, wearing a Slayer T-shirt, watching a montage of live Megadeth performances and war footage on his living room television set. The boy's father, states "What is this garbage you're watching? 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 beginning of the video also showed the explosion of the original low-cost skull used on the cover of the previous album, Killing is My Business... and Business is Good!.
The video is notable for introducing both the dramatic interlude and the rapid-fire editing of images in the closing segment of the song.
Appearances and covers
- The song appears in the episode "The Oath" of the series Billions, when Bobby Axelrod is getting ready for a deposition with U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York, Chuck Rhoades.
- The song appears in the video games NHL 10, Rock Band 2, True Crime: Streets of LA and downloadable content for Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band 4 for Rock Band's “Rock Band Rewind” DLC. The song also appears in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the fictional in-game radio station "V-Rock".
- The opening bassline was used as the theme for MTV News, but Mustaine claims he never received any royalties for MTV's usage of the song.[4]
- Tigertailz covered it and it appears on their 1991 B-sides compilation album Banzai!.
- An acoustic cover appears on Driving Mrs. Satan's 2016 album Did You Mrs. Me?.
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[5] | Gold | 500,000 |
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See also
- List of anti-war songs
References
- "You Say It's Your Birthday: David Ellefson of Megadeth". MTV. 1997-11-11. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- "Interview with Dave Ellefson – Founding member of Megadeth". The Pogg. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- "VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs". VH1. May 1–4, 2006. Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- Mustaine, Dave (2010). Mustaine: A Life in Metal. New York, New York, USA: HarperCollins. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-00-732410-1.
- "American single certifications – Megadeth – Peace Sells". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
External links
- Official music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdEupVsL07E
На других языках
- [en] Peace Sells
[es] Peace Sells
«Peace Sells» es el nombre de una canción del grupo Megadeth del álbum Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?, escrita por Dave Mustaine. Es una de las canciones más populares del álbum, junto con Wake Up Dead. VH1 calificó la canción con el puesto #11 en su lista de las 40 mejores canciones de metal de todos los tiempos (the 40 greatest metal songs of all time) .[1] El tema también fue utilizado para la apertura del programa MTV News. La letra del tema trata sobre la Guerra Fría, la política y el militarismo.[ru] Peace Sells
Peace Sells — песня американской трэш-метал-группы Megadeth с альбома Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?. Музыкальный телеканал VH1 определил эту песню на 11-ю строчку в своем хит-параде под названием «40 величайших метал-песен всех времен» [1], а в 2009 году этот же канал поставил «Peace Sells» на 51-ю позицию в списке лучших хард-рок песен [2]. Бас-партия этой песни долгое время играла в заставке перед новостями на канале MTV. По словам фронтмена группы, Дэйва Мастейна, он никогда не получал гонорар за использование его композиции [3].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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