Zombie Lyrics

 “Zombie” Lyrics 

“Zombie” is a protest song. The song had performed by Irish band the Cranberries. Dolores O’Riordan, who is the band’s lead singer wrote of this song and the song had been released on 19 September, 1994 as the lead single from the band’s studio album “No Need to Argue”. 

 During Northern Ireland conflict, two boys, Johnathan Ball (3 years) and Tim Parry (12 years) had been killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on20 March 1993 in Warrington, Cheshire, England. The two boys were going to buy Mother’s Day cards on Bridge Street. Then two bombs exploded in litter bins outside the shops. Johnathan Ball died on the spot and Tim Parry had died on 25 March 1993. The song, “Zombie” was written in memory of  Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry.

 The song “Zombie” reached number one on the charts of Australia, Belgium, France, Germany and Iceland. This song also reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song “Zombie” was awarded the “Best Song” at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards. 

 A music video of this song “Zombie” was released on October 1994 which was directed by Samuel Bayer and produced by Doug Friedman and HIS. Productions, but the video was banned by BBC and RTE because of its "violent images". 

In 2017, the song “Zombie”  was released as an acoustic, stripped version on the band’s album “Something Else” and as of 2020 it received one billion views on You Tube and it has been streamed 472 million times on Spotify and 778.942 copies sold in UK.

Album: No Need to Argue Single by: Cranberries 

Songwriter(s): Dolores O'Riordan 

Recorded: 1994 

Studio: Windmill Lane Studios 

Released: 19 September 1994 

Producer(s): Stephen Street 

Label: Island 

 

“Zombie” Lyrics 

Another head hangs lowly 

Child is slowly taken 

And the violence caused  

Such silence 

Who are we mistaken 

  

But you see it's not me 

It's not my family 

In your head,  

In your head 

They are fighting 

With their tanks  

And their bombs 

And their bombs  

And their guns 

In your head,  

In your head 

They are cryin' 

  

In your head,  

In your head 

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,  

In your head 

They're still fightin' 

With their tanks  

And their bombs 

And their bombs  

And their guns 

In your head,  

In your head 

They are dyin' 

  

In your head,  

In your head 

Zombie, zombie, zombie, 

Hey, hey 

What's in your head,  

In your head 

Zombie, zombie, zombie,  

Hey, hey, hey 

Oh, oh, oh, oh,  

Oh, oh, oh 

Hey, oh, ya, ya-a