Win U2's 'Achtung Baby' Super Deluxe Box Set

U2 'Achtung Baby' Super Deluxe Box Set

U2's Achtung Baby has been described – by Bono, no less – as "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree." The landmark album that shoved the biggest band of the Eighties squarely into the Nineties turned 20 this year, and we're giving away the Super Deluxe edition box set in this Rolling Stone sweepstakes. See official rules here.

One lucky reader will win: One (1) copy of the 10-disc box, which includes six CDs, four DVDs, a hardback book and 16 art prints.

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Song Stories

“1999”

Prince | 1982

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.

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