Parry died in his father's arms in a hospital in Walton, Liverpool. Ball died at the scene of the bombing as a result of his shrapnel-inflicted injuries and, five days later, Parry lost his life as a result of head injuries.
The song was written in response to the death of Johnathan Ball, aged 3, and Tim Parry, aged 12, both of whom had been killed in the Warrington bombings, when two IRA improvised explosive devices hidden in litter bins were detonated in Warrington, England. During this time, over 10,000 bomb attacks were perpetrated by paramilitary groups in Ireland and England. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), an Irish republican paramilitary, waged an armed campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite the region with the Republic of Ireland during the campaign, Republican and Unionist paramilitaries killed thousands of people. During the conflict, more than 3,500 people died and thousands more were injured. The Troubles was an ethnonationalist conflict in Northern Ireland which lasted from the late 1960's until 1998. In April 2020, it became the first song by an Irish band to surpass one billion views on YouTube. In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic, stripped-down version on the band's Something Else album. It won the Best Song Award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards.
The song was voted by Australian radio Triple J listeners as No. 1 on the 1994 Triple J Hottest 100 chart. "Zombie" reached No. 1 on the charts of Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, and Iceland, as well as on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Music critics have long recognised "Zombie" as "a masterpiece of alternative rock", as well as a grunge number uncharacteristic of the band's other work. It was released on 19 September 1994 as the lead single from their second studio album, No Need to Argue (1994), two weeks ahead of the album's release. " Zombie" is a protest song by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, written by the band's lead singer Dolores O'Riordan about The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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