The Cranberries

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Hey everyone, today on Krista Makes a Podcast, my trusted co-host Chris Fafalios and I break down the writing, recording, and legacy of the Cranberry smash hit single, Zombie, taken from their 1994 album, No Need to Argue, written solely and sung by Dolores O'Riordan.

Heavy wasn't the first word I would have used to describe Zombie.

But getting it under the fine-tuned lenses here, that's the only word I would use to describe this song.

But hey, you want to know a couple really interesting things about this that I learned just this morning, Chris, that I didn't know? Yeah.

I watched a little YouTube doc from this account called Rock and Roll True Stories.

And And in it, they said that Cranberry's former manager, Alan Kovac, said that Island Records urged the Cranberries not to release Zombie as a single because of the political implications or whatever.

And that Island offered Dolores a check for $1 million to do a different song, but she ripped up the check.

I was an Avatar hater for the longest time.

And it was the week that Cranberry died, that Cranberry left us.

And I did the compassionate thing and went with my friend to go see the new Avatar movie.

Which one was this? This was the third one.