It is the third track and the only single from the band's thirteenth studio album, From Beer to Eternity.

[1] According to Al Jourgensen's interview with Kenny Herzog of Spin magazine, "PermaWar" is based on Rachel Maddow's book Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power.

[3] The music video for the song was filmed at Jourgensen's 13th Planet compound in El Paso, Texas.

In the video, Jourgensen portrays three different personalities, taking the form of three different points of view on America's policies on war: the corrupt political leader, the predatory business man and the passive observer.

[5] The music video also features vintage clips of missile launches, trenches with dead bodies, and military exercises, which were taken from footage of World War II, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.