"Peace Sells" was the group's breakthrough hit, and is regarded as one of the best songs in the history of heavy metal.

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.

[8][9] "Peace Sells" reflects band frontman Dave Mustaine's political and social beliefs.

[12] The title of the song was taken from a copy of Reader's Digest that Mustaine saw, which had a story written by Patti Smith with the words "Peace sells, but nobody's buying it".

[14] The lyrics for the song were written on the wall of the bands rehearsal space, due to Mustaine not having a pen or paper to write with.

[19] It has more guitar solos from Poland, and features Ellefson adding a high harmony to Mustaines main vocal refrain.

His son, replying with "This is the news!," changes it back to the Megadeth performance using the TV set's channel knob.

You could tell by watching it that it wasn't your typical high gloss, overly produced film-type of video but rather a real raw and edgy clip and that was something really unique on MTV in those days.

[24] Eleven days later, during Megadeth's performance at Woodstock '99, Mustaine dedicated "Peace Sells" to Samuelson's memory.