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The lead singer of Irish band The Cranberries had been due to record a new version of their hit song Zombie the day after she died. Dolores O'Riordan was found dead at a hotel room in London's Park Lane on Monday, just hours before she was booked to sing with hard rock band Bad Wolves. The singer had told the group that she liked their version of her hit Zombie and was to add her vocals to a new version, at a session planned for today. In a tribute from the band, singer Tommy Vext said: "Zombie is an incredibly personal song and although we are a hard rock band, we always felt the rawness and honesty she projected on stage and in her recordings was something to which all bands should aspire to, regardless of genre. Musician Martin Glover, who goes by the stage name Youth, also confirmed on Instagram that he had been one of those waiting for her in the studio when he learned of her death.

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The song was released on 19 September by Island Records as the lead single from their second studio album, No Need to Argue , two weeks ahead of the album's release. Music critics have long recognized "Zombie" as "a masterpiece of alternative rock", as well as a grunge number uncharacteristic of the band's other work. In addition, the song was voted by Australian radio Triple J listeners as No. The accompanying music video was directed by Samuel Bayer. In , the song was released as an acoustic, stripped-down version on the band's Something Else album. In April , it became the first song by an Irish group to surpass one billion views on YouTube. The Troubles were a conflict in Northern Ireland from the late s to During the conflict more than 3, people died and thousands more were injured. Republican and Unionist paramilitaries killed thousands of people. The song was written in response to the death of Johnathan Ball, aged 3, and Tim Parry, aged 12, both of whom had been killed in the Warrington bombings , when two IRA improvised explosive devices hidden in litter bins were detonated in a shopping street in Warrington , England. There were a lot of bombs going off in London and I remember this one time a child was killed when a bomb was put in a rubbish bin — that's why there's that line in the song, 'A child is slowly taken'.

I was in places that I really shouldn't have been, but I was trying to immerse myself in what the Irish identity was about. Picture: Singer zombie.

But why has this composition resonated with people around the world? The terrorists phoned Merseyside police just before midday with a coded warning that there was a bomb outside a Boots - but they didn't say which town. When one bomb exploded in Warrington 25 minutes later, panicked crowds ran directly into the path of the second explosion. Three year old Johnathan Ball died at the scene, while year-old Tim Parry was seriously injured. He died five days later after his life support was switched off. Her wonderful band recorded a moving song after the Warrington bomb in memory of two innocent victims, Johnathan Ball and my son Tim.

She was the lead vocalist and lyricist of alternative rock [2] band The Cranberries. She began to perform as a soloist in her church choir before leaving secondary school to join the Cranberries in Recognised for her unique voice, she quickly achieved worldwide fame. During her lifetime, she released seven studio albums with the Cranberries, including four number-one albums. O'Riordan's first solo album, Are You Listening? She reunited with the Cranberries the same year. In April , O'Riordan joined and began recording new material with the trio D. Throughout her life, she had to overcome personal challenges. O'Riordan struggled with depression and the pressure of her own success, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in She subsequently released her last album with the group, Something Else

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The blast from the second bomb injured dozens of people, but most cruelly claimed the lives of three-year-old Jonathan Ball and year-old Tim Parry: a twin tragedy that shocked and appalled both the UK and Irish public. I took it into rehearsals and picked up the electric guitar and kicked in distortion on the chorus. Even though it was written on an acoustic, it became a bit of a rocker. It would stand out in the live set because of that. However, as the singer pointedly observed in a interview with Vox magazine, the song was written entirely from a humanitarian point of view.

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I likened it to the enormous amount of mail expressing huge sympathy that we received in the days, weeks and months following our loss. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 28 November The Cranberries. The song was fully formed and played eight months before it was released as a single. He added, "[f]or us old folks, it's an almost pure hit of nostalgia, and for the young, a nearly perfect specimen of the decade's rock aesthetics". Retrieved 6 August O'Riordan is yodeling [48] [36] when she does the sharp break [49] from chest register to head register — falsetto in the second syllable of the word Zom-bie. Kimberley, C. CIDZ ,

The song was released on 19 September by Island Records as the lead single from their second studio album, No Need to Argue , two weeks ahead of the album's release.

The Troubles were a conflict in Northern Ireland from the late s to An accusatory lament, it grapples with the endless recriminations of the Irish Troubles, with a slow rolling bass line and thumping mid-tempo beat, finding tension between melodic delicacy and introspection in the verses with a keening, wailing chorus charged with distorted grungy guitars". The song was written in response to the death of Johnathan Ball, aged 3, and Tim Parry, aged 12, both of whom had been killed in the Warrington bombings , when two IRA improvised explosive devices hidden in litter bins were detonated in a shopping street in Warrington , England. Three year old Johnathan Ball died at the scene, while year-old Tim Parry was seriously injured. It can also be heard on 'Zombie ' " [and other songs] used "for fantastic emotional effect". Retrieved 2 November Retrieved 28 November Austrian Charts. Retrieved 17 February The censorship was lifted once the war had ended. Her wonderful band recorded a moving song after the Warrington bomb in memory of two innocent victims, Johnathan Ball and my son Tim.