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"
Single by Jamie T
from the album Carry on the Grudge
Released12 August 2014 (2014-08-12)
GenreIndie rock
Length4:06
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Jamie Treays
Jamie T singles chronology
"Don't You Find"
(2014)		 "Zombie"
(2014)		 "Tinfoil Boy"
(2014)

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]

Charts
Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[1] 36
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References
  1. "Jamie T | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. "Jamie T interview – See Jamie T live in London – Time Out Music". Time Out London. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  3. Potton, Ed (2014-09-27). "Jamie T: Carry on the Grudge". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-10-03.


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