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As of 2026-11-02, "Zombie" by The Cranberries has charted in 63 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #2 (US) on the Rotation chart.

Markets
63
First seen
2026-06-17
Latest chart date
2026-11-02
Peak
#2 us

Started in 2 markets, now in 63.

Why it's moving

  • vault release: registered 1994, first charted 2026-09-24
  • Plays up 14% in Portugal, with gains in 5 countriesOct 24–27
  • #2 on Shazam in 17 countriesNov 2
  • #12 in Shazam's fastest risers in 3 countriessince Oct 24
  • On Shazam in 14 countries, up from 3Oct 23 – Nov 2
  • Climbed #137 → #32 in the US on ShazamOct 26 – Nov 2
Signal breakdown
Velocity68.6
Play growth64.7
Breadth48.9
Acceleration13.4
Discovery64.3
New entry0.0
Sources moving5

Score 66.0

Why it's here

"Zombie" was written by Dolores O'Riordan as a protest song about the 1993 IRA bombing in Warrington, England, and released in September 1994 as the lead single from The Cranberries' album No Need to Argue. [1] In April 2020 the song's official video passed one billion YouTube views, making The Cranberries the first Irish band to reach that mark and the video one of only a handful from the 1990s to do so. [2] Island issued a 30th-anniversary super deluxe edition of No Need to Argue in 2025 that includes a 2025 remaster of "Zombie," a previously unreleased demo of the song, and a new remix by Iain Cook of CHVRCHES. [3]

stapleDrafted 2026-09-01Confidence 0.62

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 3 other handles of this record (remasters, official videos).

  1. MarketFirst seenPeak
  2. Saudi Arabiasa · deezer shazam spotify#3
  3. Irelandie · applemusic deezer shazam spotify#24
  4. United Kingdomgb · applemusic deezer shazam spotify#21
  5. Luxembourglu · applemusic spotify#40
  6. Austriaat · shazam spotify#22
  7. Belgiumbe · shazam spotify#61
  8. New Zealandnz · shazam spotify#65
  9. Ukraineua · deezer#7

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

  1. MarketFirst seenPeak
  2. World feedworld · shazam#4
  3. Global feedglobal · spotify youtube#49

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

  1. us 24 cities · best #2 indianapolis
  2. ca 2 cities · best #27 edmonton
  3. au 1 city · best #34 brisbane
  4. pe 1 city · best #47 lima

Listen

YouTube
Apple Music
Elsewhere

Editions

  1. 2026-11-02Chart-only edition#44
  2. 2026-11-01Chart-only edition#15
  3. 2026-10-31Chart-only edition#49
  4. 2026-10-30Chart-only edition#41
  5. 2026-10-29Chart-only edition#25

Identity

ISRC
USIR29400443

The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.

Slug
the-cranberries__zombie

Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).

Sources
applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify, youtube

Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.

Fridays

What moved this week, and why.

The records that climbed, what broke in one place first, what came back. One email on Friday, assembled from the week's charts, with a pressing when there is one.

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Ranks and positions only. We hold no licensed stream counts and never imply one. Every date on this page is the date the source chart covers.

Data: Apple Music, Shazam, Spotify, Deezer · Chart: Rotation