By Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The music video for the Cranberries’ “Zombie,” the 1994 political protest song written and sung by the late Dolores O’Riordan, has surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube. “Zombie” is the third video from the 1990s — and only the sixth from the 20th century — to reach the YouTube billion-views milestone.
The others are Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain” (1992); Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991); Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987); A-ha’s “Take On Me” (1985); and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975).
The Cranberries are the first Irish music group or artist to join YouTube’s 1 billion views club. To date in 2020, “Zombie” is averaging 178,000 daily views on YouTube.
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