The Cranberries' 'Zombie' music video passes 1 billion views, third '90s video to reach milestone

The Cranberries' 1994 hit protest song"Zombie" passed a billion views on YouTube on Saturday.

The Irish band's song is the third video from the 1990s to hit the viewing milestone, trailing behind Guns N' Roses'"November Rain" and Nirvana's"Smells Like Teen Spirit." Only six videos made prior to 2000 have hit the milestone, according to. Queen's"Bohemian Rhapsody," Guns N' Roses'"Sweet Child O'Mine," and A-ha's"Take on Me" had also passed the threshold previously.

Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler shared his thanks for fans who have continuously showed their support."We are so delighted with the news that Zombie has reached 1 Billion views on YouTube," he wrote on Facebook."Thank you so much to all our fans around the world for supporting us over so many years. Hopefully you are all safe and well in this bizarre time and managing to find some hope and positivity in our music.

Lawler also referenced the band's singer Dolores O'Riordan, who died in 2018:"We are sure Dolores has a big, proud smile on her face too.". O'Riordan was inspired to write the song after an IRA bombing killed two young boys, aged 12 and 3. "At the time"Zombie" was written, we were touring in the UK. It was before the peace treaty and there had been a lot of trouble. 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,'" the singer told"I draw from a lot of different life experiences: births, deaths, war, pain, depression, anger, sadness.

I will never forget this song.

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