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The Cranberries - Zombie - 1994
" Zombie " is a protest song by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries . It was written by the lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan , about the young victims of a bombing in Warrington , England, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland . The song was released on September 19, 1994, by Island Records as the lead single from the Cranberries' second studio album, No Need to Argue (1994). Critics have described "Zombie" as "a masterpiece of alternative rock," with grunge -style distorted guitar and shouted vocals uncharacteristic of the band's other work.
While Island Records feared releasing a politically charged song as a single, "Zombie" reached No. 1 on the charts of Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and Iceland. The song was ineligible for the US Billboard Hot 100 chart but reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart. Listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J voted it No. 1 on the 1994 Triple J Hottest 100 chart and it won the Best Song Award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards . The music video was directed by Samuel Bayer , and featured O'Riordan singing while painted gold, and footage of war-torn Belfast. In April 2020, it became the first song by an Irish group to surpass one billion views on YouTube .
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" Zombie " is a protest song by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries . It was written by the lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan , about the young victims of a bombing in Warrington , England, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland . The song was released on September 19, 1994, by Island Records as the lead single from the Cranberries' second studio album, No Need to Argue (1994). Critics have described "Zombie" as "a masterpiece of alternative rock," with grunge -style distorted guitar and shouted vocals uncharacteristic of the band's other work.
While Island Records feared releasing a politically charged song as a single, "Zombie" reached No. 1 on the charts of Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and Iceland. The song was ineligible for the US Billboard Hot 100 chart but reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart. Listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J voted it No. 1 on the 1994 Triple J Hottest 100 chart and it won the Best Song Award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards . The music video was directed by Samuel Bayer , and featured O'Riordan singing while painted gold, and footage of war-torn Belfast. In April 2020, it became the first song by an Irish group to surpass one billion views on YouTube .
#music #charttoppers #tangled
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