Berlin Wall was a deep anxiety over prospects for a reunified Germany. In September 1989, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pleaded with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev not to let the Berlin Wall fall and confided that she wanted the Soviet leader to do what he could to stop it. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, French President François Mitterrand warned Thatcher that a unified Germany could make more ground than Adolf Hitler ever had and that Europe would have to bear the consequences. On 21 November 1989, Crosby, Stills & Nash performed the song "Chippin' Away" from Graham Nash's 1986 solo
The Writing's on the Wall Writing's on the Wall" was certified 8× Platinum by the RIAA on November 6, 2001, and has sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone. "Billboard" magazine ranked "The Writing's on the Wall" at number 39 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade. "The Writing's on the Wall" received generally favorable reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, stating: "With their second album, "Writing's on the Wall", Destiny's Child still suffers from slightly uneven songwriting, but it's nevertheless an assured step forward for the girl group.