“Zombie” is a protest song by Irish rock band The Cranberries. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from their second studio album, No Need to Argue (1994). The song was written by the band’s lead singer Dolores O’Riordan, and reached No. 1 on the charts in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, and Germany. As of January 2015, it has been viewed over 200 million times on YouTube. It won the “Best Song” award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Category: 1994
Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl
“Cornflake Girl” is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos. It was released as the first single from her second studio album Under the Pink. It was released on January 10, 1994 by EastWest Records in the UK and on May 5 by Atlantic Records in North America. Two music videos were produced for the single, as the original one was deemed too weird for American audiences.
Aerosmith – Crazy
“Crazy” is a power ballad performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith and written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child. It was the final single from Aerosmith’s massively successful 1993 album Get a Grip. It was released as a single in 1994 and peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #3 in Canada. In the United Kingdom, “Crazy” was released as a Double-A side with “Blind Man”, which reached #23.
Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting
“Now and Forever” is a 1994 song (see 1994 in music) written, produced and performed by American rock singer-songwriter Richard Marx. The song was also used in 1994 film The Getaway starring Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin and directed by Roger Donaldson.