Songs
Three singles were released in support of the album: "Insomnia", "Crush 'Em"and "Breadline". All three received music videos, as well. In addition, "Crush 'Em" was featured in Jean-Claude Van Damme's 1999 movie Universal Soldier: The Return. Mustaine has described "Crush 'em" as Megadeth's arena sports anthem. Professional wrestler Bill Goldberg of World Championship Wrestling fame, who also starred in Universal Soldier: The Return, also used "Crush 'Em" as an entrance song. "Crush 'Em" also can be frequently heard in ice hockey arenas, and the Tom Leykis radio show regularly uses snippets of "Crush 'em" in between segments. Former Megadeth drummer Jimmy DeGrasso, who played on Risk, has claimed to vehemently hate the song. In addition to the single, "Breadline" was released as its own EP in Japan, featuring several versions of the song, and remixes other songs from Risk and Megadeth's back catalog. After leaving Megadeth, Marty Friedman would later cover this song on his solo album Future Addict.
Dave Mustaine has stated that "I'll Be There" was inspired by the devotion of Argentine fans. During the October 9, 2005 show in Buenos Aires, Mustaine said, "'I'll Be There' is a gift for you, because we will not play this song ever again." This is featured on the live CD/DVD That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires.
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“Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)
“When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha cha, to rock and roll and to twist and even to dance the waltz and foxtrot. But how many of us can dance, or have even heard of the gombe sugu, the mangala, nyang’umumi, kiduo, or lele mama?”
—Julius K. Nyerere (b. 1922)