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{{Infobox Radio station
| name = WUBE-FM
| Name = Zombie
| image = [[Image:b-105logo.jpg|200px]]
| Cover = The_Cranberries_-_Zombie.jpg
| city = [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]
| Artist = [[The Cranberries]]
| area = Cincinnati
| from Album = [[No Need to Argue]]
| slogan = B-105
| Released = 1994
| branding = "Cincinnati's Country"
| Format = CD
| frequency = 105.1 [[MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| Recorded = 1994
| repeater =
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]<br />[[Alternative metal]]
| airdate =
| Length = 5:05
| share = 6.8
| Label = [[Island Records]]
| share as of = Sp'08 P2
| Wrier = Dolores O'Riordan
| Producer = Stephen Street
| share source = R&R<ref name=randrratings>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Cincinnati Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Cincinnati&MarketRank=%20 | work =[[Radio & Records]] | pages = | date = | language = }}</ref>
| format = [[Country music]]
| Reviews =
| Last single = "[[Linger (song)|Linger]]"<br />(1993)
| power =
| This single = "'''Zombie'''"<br />(1994)
| erp = 14,500 [[watt]]s
| Next single = "[[Ode to My Family]]"<br />(1994)
| haat = 279.0 [[meter]]s
| class = B
| facility_id = 10140
| coordinates = {{coord|39|7|30.00|N| 84|29|56.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning = WUBE, calls used by TV-9<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web }}</ref>
| former_callsigns = WUBE (1981-1979)
| owner = Bonneville Holding Company
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast = {{listen live|http://www.b105.com}}
| website = {{official|http://www.b105.com}}
| affiliations =
}}
}}
"'''Zombie'''" is a [[protest song]] by the [[Ireland|Irish]] band [[The Cranberries]] from the 1994 album ''[[No Need to Argue]]''. It features a heavy guitar riff which is uncharacteristic of the band's usual sound, more akin to heavy metal than their usual alternative rock style. This song met a great success in many countries, including France, Belgium, Australia and Germany where it topped the charts.
'''WUBE-FM''' (105.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[Country music]] format. Licensed to [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], USA, the station serves the Cincinnati area. The station is currently owned by Bonneville Holding Company.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WUBE-FM |title=WUBE-FM Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WUBE-FM|title=WUBE-FM Station Information Profile|publisher=[[Arbitron]]}}</ref> The station is also broadcast on [[HD radio]].<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.hdradio.com/ |title=HD Radio Station Guide |work=HD Radio |publisher=iBiquity }}</ref>


==Track listings==
; CD single
# "Zombie" — 5:06
# "Away" (non album, later used in the movie ''[[Clueless]]'') — 2:39
# "I Don't Need" (non album) — 3:31


==Recording information==
The current personality lineup:
"Zombie" was recorded at the Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin in 1994. It was written during the Cranberries' English Tour in 1993, in memory of two boys, Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry, who were killed in an [[Warrington bomb attacks|IRA bombing in Warrington]], Cheshire (North-West England) on [[20 March]] [[1993]].<ref>{{citebook|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|author=Peter Buckley, Jonathan Buckley|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|id=ISBN 1843531054}}</ref>


==Recognitions==
* '''6am-10am:''' The Bee Morning Show w/ Chris Carr, Amanda & Statt
"Zombie" is one of the band's biggest singles, reaching #3 in their native Ireland, and having a total chart run of 11 weeks. The song reached #14 in the [[UK]] (with a total chart run of six weeks), and topped the [[United States|U.S.]] [[Billboard Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock]] chart for six weeks, it also appeared on the [[French language|French]] Top 50 for nine weeks (with 19 weeks in the Top 10) and the [[Germany|German]] Top 100 for one week (with a total chart run of 27 weeks), both in [[1995]]; and also reaching number 2 in [[Austria]], [[Sweden]] and [[Switzerland]]. Zombie was number 1 in Australia for 8 weeks. The single has sold 2 million copies alone, and the song, since its release in late 1994, has been performed on every live tour.
* '''10am-3pm:''' Duke Hamilton
* '''3pm-7pm:''' Big Dave
* '''7pm-12am:''' Jesse Tack
* '''Overnights:'''Brad Mayes


"Zombie" also won the band a [[MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Award]] for best song in 1995.
WUBE hosts the "Free Music Stage" At Taste of Cincinnati and Jammin' in the Country in neighboring [[Clermont County, Ohio|Clermont County]]. Both events bring national known country music artists as well as local and emerging artists to the [[Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area|Tri-State area]].


In 1995, a techno cover version by French duo A.D.A.M. featuring Amy reached #16 in the UK singles chart, with a total chart run of eleven weeks. [[Gibraltar]]ian [[Flamenco music|Flamenco]] [[Metal music|Metal]] band [[Breed 77]] also covered the song as a [[B-side]] to their 2007 digital download single "[[Look at Me Now (Breed 77 song)|Look at Me Now]]". They decided to record the song due to an extremely positive response after playing the song on tour.
In 1998, WUBE was awarded the [[Country Music Association]]'s radio station of the year for large markets. {{Fact|date=August 2008}} WUBE was recently nominated for CMA Large Market Station of the Year in 2008.


"Zombie" topped the Australian music countdown [[Triple J Hottest 100]] in 1994.
On [[January 18]], [[2007]], almost as soon as it entered the Cincinnati radio market, current owner [[Entercom Communications]] announced its exit from the market by trading its entire Cincinnati cluster, including WUBE, to [[Bonneville International]] together with three radio stations in [[Seattle, Washington]] for all three of Bonneville's FM radio stations in [[San Francisco, California]] and $1 million cash. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/300350_radioswap19.html] In [[May 2007]], Bonneville officially took over control of the Cincinnati radio cluster through a [[local marketing agreement]], with Bonneville acquiring Entercom's remaining interest in the stations outright on [[March 14]], [[2008]].


==Music video==
- <gallery>
- Image:WUBE-FM logo.jpg|previous logo
[[Image:Dolores zombie.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the music video]]
"Zombie" was released as a [[music video]] in 1994. The video was directed by [[Samuel Bayer]], and produced by Doug Friedman and H.S.I. Productions. In the video, [[Dolores O'Riordan]] is covered in gold paint surrounded by children (see image below). She is reminiscent of the classic image of [[Saint Sebastian]]. The video also contains shots of British soldiers on patrol in [[Northern Ireland]]. The unsuspecting troops were told that their footage was to be included in a documentary about the day to day operations of various peace keeping/occupation forces. This was timely as 1995 was the last year British forces were visibly present in Northern Ireland.
- </gallery>


==Popular culture==
*[[Andy Bernard]] sings this song in "[[The Return (The Office episode)|The Return]]," an episode in the third season of "''[[The Office (US)|The Office]]''", thus annoying his co-workers.
*Claus Wärner sings this song while playing his guitar, drunk, on a store shelf to the zombies that have overtaken the mall in the "Radio Pleppo" episode named "ZOMBIES!"
*Skateboarder Serge Murphy uses this song for his ending part in Thanks Camera 3

==Covers==
* In 1995, the group A.D.A.M. featuring Amy covered the song in dance form.
* In 2005, the Colorado group Drop Off covered the song.
* In 2005, the DJ Marino covered his song as [[Hardstyle]] Version.
* In 2006, Dallas rock band [[Miser (band)|Miser]] covered the song.
* In 2007, [[Gibraltarian people|Gibraltarian]] [[Flamenco]] [[Metal music|Metal]] band [[Breed 77]] covered the song during their [[In My Blood (En Mi Sangre)]] promotional tour and later recorded it on their "[[Look at Me Now (Breed 77 song)|Look at Me Now]]" single.
* In 2007, Andrew Spencer & The Vamprockerz is an electronic group and are the latest group to cover the song.
* In 2007, Argentine rap-core band [[Timmy O'Tool]] covered the song on their third album ''Sigo Acá De Pie''.
* In 2008, US heavy metal band [[Animal (band)|Animal]], formed by former [[W.A.S.P.]] guitarist [[Randy Piper]], covered the song.
* Canadian [[Hard Rock]] band [[Hail The Villain]] often covers this live.

==Certifications and sales==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Country
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Certification
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Date
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Sales certified
|-
|Australia<ref>Australian certifications [http://www.aria.com.au] (Retrieved [[May 27]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|4 x Platinum
|align="center"|1994
|align="center"|280,000
|-
|Austria<ref>Austrian certifications [http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin ifpi.at] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|Gold
|align="center"|January 22, 1995
|align="center"|15,000
|-
|Germany<ref>German certifications [http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank.html musikindustrie.de] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|Platinum
|align="center"|1995
|align="center"|300,000
|-
|}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1995)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks<ref name="Billboard">Billboard [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0zfpxqu5ldhe~T51 allmusic.com] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|32
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 40 Mainstream<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|18
|-
|align="left"|Australian ARIA Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts">"Zombie", in various singles charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cranberries&titel=Zombie&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|24
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|French SNEP Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|German Singles Chart<ref>German Singles Chart [http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php Charts-surfer.de] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Irish Singles Chart<ref>Irish Single Chart [http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Irishcharts.ie] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Norwegian Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart<ref>UK Singles Chart [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=22319 Chartstats.com] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|14
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|End of year chart (1995)
!align="center"|Position
|-
|align="left"|Australian Singles Chart<ref>1995 Australian Singles Chart [http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1995.htm aria.com] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart<ref>1995 Austrian Singles Chart [http://austriancharts.at/statistic_1995.asp Austriancharts.at] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart<ref>1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995 Ultratop.be] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|36
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart<ref>1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995 Ultratop.be] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>1995 Swiss Singles Chart [http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1995 Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved [[April 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|}

{{col-end}}

{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[What's the Frequency, Kenneth?]]" by [[R.E.M.]]
| title = [[Modern Rock Tracks|''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks]] [[Number one modern rock hits of 1994|number-one single]]
| years = [[October 29]], [[1994]] - [[December 3]], [[1994]] (6 weeks)
| after = "[[About a Girl|About a Girl (live)]]" by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[All I Wanna Do]]" by [[Sheryl Crow]]
| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australian]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s|number-one single]]
| years = [[December 18]], [[1994]] - [[February 5]], [[1995]] (8 weeks)
| after = "[[Another Night]]" by [[Real McCoy (band)|MC Sar & The Real McCoy]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Tears Don't Lie" by [[Marko Albrecht|Mark 'Oh]]
| title = [[Media Control Charts|German]] [[Number-one hits of 1995 (Germany)|number-one single]]
| years = [[February 3]], [[1995]] (1 week)
| after = "[[Conquest of Paradise]]" by [[Vangelis]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Short Dick Man]]" by [[20 Fingers]] featuring [[Gillette (singer)|Gillette]]
| title = [[SNEP|French SNEP]] [[List of French number-one hits of 1995|number-one single]]
| years = [[March 4]], [[1995]] - [[April 29]], [[1995]] (9 weeks)
| after = "[[Pour que tu m'aimes encore]]" by [[Céline Dion]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = N/A
| title = [[Ultratop|Belgian (Wallonia)]] number-one single
| years = [[April 8]], [[1995]] - [[April 22]], [[1995]] (3 weeks)
| after = "[[Respect (Alliance Ethnik song)|Respect]]" by [[Alliance Ethnik]]
}}
{{end box}}


==References==
==References==
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{{reflist}}
</div>


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.prato.linux.it/~lmasetti/canzonicontrolaguerra/canzone.php?lang=it&id=163 The "Zombie" page in the Antiwar Songs website] with lyrics and translations in 19 languages
*{{FM station data|WUBE}}

{{The Cranberries}}

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[[Category:1995 singles]]
[[Category:Anti-war songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Belgium]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in France]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Protest songs]]
[[Category:The Cranberries songs]]
[[Category:The Troubles in Northern Ireland media]]


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Revision as of 15:02, 10 October 2008

"Zombie"
Song

"Zombie" is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries from the 1994 album No Need to Argue. It features a heavy guitar riff which is uncharacteristic of the band's usual sound, more akin to heavy metal than their usual alternative rock style. This song met a great success in many countries, including France, Belgium, Australia and Germany where it topped the charts.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Zombie" — 5:06
  2. "Away" (non album, later used in the movie Clueless) — 2:39
  3. "I Don't Need" (non album) — 3:31

Recording information

"Zombie" was recorded at the Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin in 1994. It was written during the Cranberries' English Tour in 1993, in memory of two boys, Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry, who were killed in an IRA bombing in Warrington, Cheshire (North-West England) on 20 March 1993.[1]

Recognitions

"Zombie" is one of the band's biggest singles, reaching #3 in their native Ireland, and having a total chart run of 11 weeks. The song reached #14 in the UK (with a total chart run of six weeks), and topped the U.S. Modern Rock chart for six weeks, it also appeared on the French Top 50 for nine weeks (with 19 weeks in the Top 10) and the German Top 100 for one week (with a total chart run of 27 weeks), both in 1995; and also reaching number 2 in Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. Zombie was number 1 in Australia for 8 weeks. The single has sold 2 million copies alone, and the song, since its release in late 1994, has been performed on every live tour.

"Zombie" also won the band a MTV Europe Music Award for best song in 1995.

In 1995, a techno cover version by French duo A.D.A.M. featuring Amy reached #16 in the UK singles chart, with a total chart run of eleven weeks. Gibraltarian Flamenco Metal band Breed 77 also covered the song as a B-side to their 2007 digital download single "Look at Me Now". They decided to record the song due to an extremely positive response after playing the song on tour.

"Zombie" topped the Australian music countdown Triple J Hottest 100 in 1994.

Music video

File:Dolores zombie.jpg
Screenshot from the music video

"Zombie" was released as a music video in 1994. The video was directed by Samuel Bayer, and produced by Doug Friedman and H.S.I. Productions. In the video, Dolores O'Riordan is covered in gold paint surrounded by children (see image below). She is reminiscent of the classic image of Saint Sebastian. The video also contains shots of British soldiers on patrol in Northern Ireland. The unsuspecting troops were told that their footage was to be included in a documentary about the day to day operations of various peace keeping/occupation forces. This was timely as 1995 was the last year British forces were visibly present in Northern Ireland.

Popular culture

  • Andy Bernard sings this song in "The Return," an episode in the third season of "The Office", thus annoying his co-workers.
  • Claus Wärner sings this song while playing his guitar, drunk, on a store shelf to the zombies that have overtaken the mall in the "Radio Pleppo" episode named "ZOMBIES!"
  • Skateboarder Serge Murphy uses this song for his ending part in Thanks Camera 3

Covers

  • In 1995, the group A.D.A.M. featuring Amy covered the song in dance form.
  • In 2005, the Colorado group Drop Off covered the song.
  • In 2005, the DJ Marino covered his song as Hardstyle Version.
  • In 2006, Dallas rock band Miser covered the song.
  • In 2007, Gibraltarian Flamenco Metal band Breed 77 covered the song during their In My Blood (En Mi Sangre) promotional tour and later recorded it on their "Look at Me Now" single.
  • In 2007, Andrew Spencer & The Vamprockerz is an electronic group and are the latest group to cover the song.
  • In 2007, Argentine rap-core band Timmy O'Tool covered the song on their third album Sigo Acá De Pie.
  • In 2008, US heavy metal band Animal, formed by former W.A.S.P. guitarist Randy Piper, covered the song.
  • Canadian Hard Rock band Hail The Villain often covers this live.

Certifications and sales

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Australia[2] 4 x Platinum 1994 280,000
Austria[3] Gold January 22, 1995 15,000
Germany[4] Platinum 1995 300,000

Charts

Preceded by Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
October 29, 1994 - December 3, 1994 (6 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian number-one single
December 18, 1994 - February 5, 1995 (8 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Tears Don't Lie" by Mark 'Oh
 German number-one single
February 3, 1995 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by French SNEP number-one single
March 4, 1995 - April 29, 1995 (9 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
N/A
 Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
April 8, 1995 - April 22, 1995 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Peter Buckley, Jonathan Buckley (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 1843531054.
  2. ^ Australian certifications [1] (Retrieved May 27, 2008)
  3. ^ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  4. ^ German certifications musikindustrie.de (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  5. ^ a b c Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Zombie", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  7. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  8. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  9. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  10. ^ 1995 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  11. ^ 1995 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  12. ^ 1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  13. ^ 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  14. ^ 1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved April 20, 2008)

External links

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