Zombie (Jamie T song)
"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]
| "Zombie" | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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Background
"Zombie" is an indie rock song about being Jamie T 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."[2]
Critical reception
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."[3]
References
- "Jamie T | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- "Jamie T interview – See Jamie T live in London – Time Out Music". Time Out London. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- Potton, Ed (2014-09-27). "Jamie T: Carry on the Grudge". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-10-03.