Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? is the title track from Megadeth's second album, released in 1986 and written by frontman Dave Mustaine. The song attacks empty political talk and media spin, opening with a back and forth about unemployment, taxes and a new way forward. Its bass intro and chant like chorus made it one of the band's signature songs and a staple of thrash metal. Online, fans isolate this vocal exchange for soundboards, edits and reaction clips, keeping the lyric in circulation decades after release.