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This song is often interpreted to be about suicide, as the lyrics can be heard as a suicide note ("A Tout Le Monde" is French for "To Everybody"). Introducing this song at a concert at Webster Hall in New York City on October 25, 1994, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine said: "In February of 1993 I decided I would try to kill myself with valiums and I came real close to doing it... This is a song about that time period in my life when things were really f--ked up." He later clarified the meaning: "It's not a suicide song. When people have a loved one that dies and they end on a bad note, they wish that they could say something to them, so this is a way for the deceased to say something to them before they go. It was my impression of what I would like to say to people if I had three seconds to do a soundbite before I died. I would say to the entire world, to all my friends, 'I love you all. Now I must go.' These are the last words I'll ever speak, and they'll set me free. I don't have to say I'm sorry, I don't have to say I'm going to miss you, I'll wait for you. I'll just say that I loved you all. Good, bad, indifferent, I loved you all."

On September 13, 2006, Kimveer Gill went on a shooting rampage at Dawson College in Montreal, eventually shooting himself. He was a fan of Megadeth and mentioned this song on his blog, which prompted Dave Mustaine, who wrote the song, to make this statement the next day: "Like everyone else, I am horrified and disgusted by the tragic events of yesterday. We will pray for everyone who has been hurt, and all the families that are suffering. 'A Tout Le Monde' is based on a dream I had, where my mother came back from heaven to say 'I love you.' It's about me talking to her again." Mustaine added: "We don't write music that has any kind of suggestion about taking one's life. It is more like, 'Hey, we have a problem, let's be part of the solution.'"

MTV banned the video because they thought it promoted suicide. They did show it after some special comments were added, explaining how many kids commit suicide every year in the US. This message appeared at the end of the video: "Suicide is not an answer. Get help." The woman and child in the video are Mustaine's wife Pam and son, Justis.

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Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of A Tout Le Monde - Remastered 2004.
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Capitol Records
© 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
℗ 2004 Capitol Catalog

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