Zombie (Jamie T song)
| "Zombie" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Jamie T | ||||
| from the album Carry On the Grudge | ||||
| Released | 12 August 2014 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jamie Treays | |||
| Jamie T singles chronology | ||||
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"Zombie" is a song by English singer-songwriter Jamie T. It was released as the second single from his third studio album Carry On the Grudge (2014). It peaked at 36 of the charts and was there for eleven weeks.[1]
At the 2015 NME Awards, "Zombie" won two awards: Best Track and Best Video.[2]
Background[edit]
"Zombie" is an indie rock song about being unproductive. In an interview with Time Out, Jamie said, "[I]t can be frustrating when you don’t feel you’re writing anything new. There’s lots of different tricks you can use to get yourself writing again. The best one’s probably to read a book. Just seeing someone else say something in a different way immediately sparks you out of your own shit. On this record, I was reading a lot of Ted Hughes. Lots of Plath and Alvarez."[3]
Critical reception[edit]
Ed Potton of The Times called the song "a cocktail of self-loathing and muscular poetry with a chorus that weirdly but brilliantly recalls Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire."[4]
Music video[edit]
The music video, directed by James Slater,[5] was inspired by the film Shaun of the Dead (2005).[6] It features Jamie and his band performing in a near-empty pub. As the song goes on, they begin turning into zombies. Limbs fall off, but no one else in the pub pays any attention.[7]
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles (OCC)[1] | 36 |
Sales and certifications[edit]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[8] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Florence Welch presents Jamie T with one of three awards at NME Awards 2015 with Austin, Texas". NME. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Jamie T interview – See Jamie T live in London". Time Out London. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ Potton, Ed (27 September 2014). "Jamie T: Carry on the Grudge". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Brown, Jimmy (21 August 2014). "Jamie T 'Zombie' by James Slater". Promonews. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Richards, Sam (30 August 2017). "Dead cool: 11 times pop stars became zombies - BBC Music". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Culzac, Natasha (12 August 2014). "Jamie T becomes a zombie in video for new single as UK tour is announced". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "British single certifications – Jamie T – Zombie". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 May 2022.