Peace in Our Time

"Peace in Our Time" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, released in 1989 as the third and final single from their fourth studio album Peace in Our Time (1988). It was written by Stuart Adamson and produced by Peter Wolf. "Peace in Our Time" reached number 39 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for three weeks. Background In a 1990 interview with Melody Maker, Adamson described "Peace in Our Time" as a "very Sixties feel protest song, naive but I did it anyway." He added in an interview with Sounds, "I do feel music can be more than a three-minute adrenaline rush, but there's a great danger in viewing a song with too much weight. 'Peace in Our Time' was written with irony, but you can be too smart-assed for your own good. It was called a plea for peace when it was really much smaller than that." Release "Peace in Our Time" was released in the UK on 23 January 1989. On 30 January, a limited edition version of the single was issued on 12-inch vinyl. It contains four tracks which were recorded live at the Palace of Sports, Moscow, on 2 October 1988. Critical reception Upon its release as a single, Tony Beard of Record Mirror commented, "This is a grand record, all large guitar solos, awesome power chords and a lyric that could set East-West relations back a few eons if ever the powers that be hear it." As guest reviewers for Number One, Simon Tedd and Shark of Big Bam Boo gave the song three stars and described it as "just another Big Country record" but one that's "good for fans".