Zombie - The Cranberries

by **TiagoRodrigues** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:02 am

The title says it all...what do you have to say about this song?

For me it's "just" one of the best songs from the 90's...and Cranberries greatest masterpiece.

That heavy guitar riff makes the song...it's completly different from everything they ever released as a single...their biggest single...and first single from their best selling album: No Need To Argue.

They have more hits...but this song is better then all their other singles together IMO!

Your turn now :lol:

by **Mikerocha** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:03 am

Love the song...
nothing else to say :lol:

by **irishguy28** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:47 am

eh eh
eh eh

by **SholasBoy** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:53 pm

I absolutely hate this song :lol:

I just find it sooo irritating and overrated.

Linger
Promises
Animal Instincts

All miles better for me. Especially Promises.

by **Benjamin** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:54 pm

Fantastic song! A real classic.

by **djlights** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:36 pm

A really great song in post-grunge era.

The song was different from "Everybody else..." stuff and that makes it more even surprising.

One of the best songs from the 90´s decade.

by **Brad** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:41 pm

One of my favourite songs released in the 90s and the only song by The Cranberries I actually listen to.

by **Grybop** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:14 am

While I don't hate Zombie, I think it's the least good song on No Need to Argue, I tend to skip it when it comes on.

irishguy28 wrote:eh eh
eh eh

Nothing else you can say?

by **irishguy28** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:34 pm

I actually probably far prefer this version of Zombie. A song inspired by two kids being blown to bits in the Warrington IRA bombing? Yeah, let's dance it up and shoot the video at a car-wash.

While it is the Cranberries' joint biggest hit in Ireland (along with Linger, it peaked at #3) I was surprised at how well it did across Europe.

by **Grybop** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:32 pm

irishguy28 wrote:I actually probably far prefer this version of Zombie. A song inspired by two kids being blown to bits in the Warrington IRA bombing? Yeah, let's dance it up and shoot the video at a car-wash.

Atrocious! Terrible pronunciation too.

by **mykka** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:45 pm

BanZai wrote:Fantastic song! A real classic.

by **irishguy28** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:51 pm

Grybop wrote:
Atrocious! Terrible pronunciation too.

That's kinda the point. I doubt they'd have been so flippant about the subject-matter had they known what they were singing about.

However, that didn't stop it become almost as big a hit as the original in the UK - and Ireland rewarded this even more, with a Top 10 position - the highest of any country where it was released, and we, of all people, should have known better. But hey, I still love this manic cover version. On paper, it just shouldn't work - but strangely, it does.

The UK/Irish airplay remix (Eternal Airplay Mix - thus named for the "Eternal" imprint of Warner Bros Records, home of Gina G. and The Outhere Brothers - on which label it was released in the UK/Ireland), however was far more compelling than the versions released in other countries. I don't think it even made the top 10 at home in Italy.

What's amazing is that - in that video which shows the Australian single release - they manage to give not a single credit to the original Cranberries release!!!

Dolores who???

by **TiagoRodrigues** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:39 am

jesus! nothing touches the original IMO :lol:

by **GetBack** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:11 pm

mykka wrote:
BanZai wrote:Fantastic song! A real classic.

by **GoodBoyGoneBad** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:15 pm

This song gives me shivers, it sounds so haunting!

by **TiagoRodrigues** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:22 pm

GoodBoyGoneBad wrote:This song gives me shivers, it sounds so haunting!

yeah! it's great! 8-)

by **TheBiatches** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:11 pm

I love this song, but then again I love the 99% of their stuff, I think they're brilliant and Dolores' voice is my favourite singing voice ever.

I remember being about 8 when the song came out. Both the video and her voice used to freak me out, especially the bit towards the end where all the kids are holding hands forming a circle around Dolores and they start screaming.

It's sad to think the 90s were so full of amazing classics and hardly any song seems to become a proper classic these days... That might be just my opinion though.

by **summer** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:21 pm

GetBack wrote:
mykka wrote:
BanZai wrote:Fantastic song! A real classic.

by **TiagoRodrigues** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:16 pm

TheBiatches wrote:I love this song, but then again I love the 99% of their stuff, I think they're brilliant and Dolores' voice is my favourite singing voice ever.

I remember being about 8 when the song came out. Both the video and her voice used to freak me out, especially the bit towards the end where all the kids are holding hands forming a circle around Dolores and they start screaming.

It's sad to think the 90s were so full of amazing classics and hardly any song seems to become a proper classic these days... That might be just my opinion though.

i don't think it's just your opinion...i think songs nowadays are just disposable crap that no one will care for future decades or generations...i can't see 95% of Rihanna's singles being remembered in about 20 years, can you? And she's the woman with more hits in the last few years...

Zombie was a risky single choice for The Cranberries...when compared to all their other singles...and it payed of...no one takes risks anymore, everything sound the same nowadays on radios...it's depressing actually :-?

by **jszmiles** » Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:35 pm

re-enter this week's chart again!

Timeless song. flawless to hear it live when all crowd is singing along with Dolores.

by **GetBack** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:30 am

The title! :oops:

by **Benny** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:06 am

Love it, great song.

by **SpyVsSpy** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:16 pm

Loved this when i was a kid. I sang this in a drunken karaoke session 2 years ago :lol: