"Zombie" is a protest song by Irish rock band The Cranberries, written about the 1993 IRA bombing in Warrington, and in memory of two young victims, Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry.[1] It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from their second studio album, No Need to Argue (1994). The song was written by the band's lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, and reached No. 1 on the charts in Australia, Belgium, France, Denmark and Germany.
It won the "Best Song" award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards.[2]
In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic, stripped down version on the band's Something Else album.[3]
"Zombie" is composed in the key of E Minor with a tempo of 84 beats per minute.[4]