What Is The Song Zombie About

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What is the song zombie about. Lead singer dolores o riordan claimed that zombie speaks about the irish fight for independence that seems to last forever the lyrics even say it s the same old theme since 1916 like the responsive works of yeats heaney and u2 the cranberries claim they wrote zombie to be a song for peace peace among england and ireland. Zombie is a protest song by irish alternative rock band the cranberries written about the 1993 ira bombing in warrington and in memory of two young victims johnathan ball and tim parry. It was however their song zombie released in 1994 that would become their only number one worldwide hit. This song is widely considered to be one of the most famous protest songs of all time.

The cranberries revisited zombie last year when they re recorded an acoustic version with the irish chamber orchestra for the band s reworked greatest hits collection something else. It was released in september 1994 as the lead single from their second studio album no need to argue two weeks ahead of the album s release. We did it with a quartet so it s a lot tamer but it s still nice said o riordan. Zombie is a song performed by the irish rock band the cranberries.

Another head hangs lowly child is slowly taken and the violence caused such silence who are we mistaken. It s interesting to do acoustic versions of your songs because it kind of shows that they can stand. 8 colin parry with wife wendy has paid tribute to dolores o riordan after she wrote song zombie. Zombie zombie zombie hey hey what s in your head in your head zombie zombie zombie hey hey hey oh dou dou dou dou dou dou dou dou dou dou dou dou dou dou dou dou another mother s breakin heart is taking over when the violence causes silence we must be mistaken it s the same old theme since nineteen sixteen in your head.

Written by o riordan the song was based on a tragic true story that took place in england the year before. On march 20 1993 the irish republican army ira planted two bombs inside two separate bins about 90 metres apart in.