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

“(We're Not) The Jet Set”

George Jones and Tammy Wynette | 1973

George Jones and Tammy Wynette were still married when they recorded the tongue-in-cheek "(We're Not) The Jet Set." The lyrics, written by Nashville songwriter Bobby Braddock, who also penned Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," make fun of the good life by declaring, "We're not the Jet Set/We're the old Chevrolet set." Braddock recalled that while writing the song, he needed the name of a city that evened out the rhyme he had with "Riviera" and "Missourah." “I got out a Rand McNally atlas," he said. "In the first part are the maps. The last part is an alphabetical listing of cities. I wanted a rustic, small-time sound. I went to the listing for Missouri. And I found 'Festus.' I loved the sound of it."

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