Zombie

"Zombie" is a song by Natalia Kills. It is the sixth song featured on her debut studio album, Perfectionist.
The music video premiered on October 29, 2009. The song was released as the album's first promotional single on December 21, 2009. An extended play containing five remixes was released in select locations on September 24, 2010.
==Lyrics==
==Background==
The song's instrumental was featured on episode 2 of her series Love, Kills xx which premiered on May 3, 2010.
Teddy announced on her website that this song would be featured on reality television show "Face Off" on March 1, 2011.“Zombie” to be featured on SYFY’s “FaceOff” March 1, 2011. Natalia Kills Official Website. The episode aired the following night.
==Announcement and Release==
===Single===
On October 29, 2009, the song premiered on Cherrytree Radio."RT @dean_b Natalia Kills song ZOMBIE on CherrytreeRadio.com right now! Love this song. Video premier on cherrytreerecords.com 3pm today" October 29, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2021 via @CherrytreeRec on Twitter.
Cherrytree announced on December 3, 2009, that they were planning for the song to be released as a single on iTunes before the end of the year."Working on it 4 before the end of the year. RT @superpopmagic @cherrytreerec Is there a date 2 when Zombie by @NataliaKills will hit iTunes?" December 3, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2021 via @CherrytreeRec on Twitter. By December 17, the release date was announced."Yes RT @superpopmagic: Everybody look out for @NataliaKills! AMAZING new artist! Her promo single "Zombie" is on iTunes on the 21st!" December 17, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2021 via @CherrytreeRec on Twitter. The song was released as a single on December 21, 2009.
===Album===
On April 6, 2010, Teddy confirmed that this song would be featured on her debut album."RT @NataliaKills: Kills Fact 006: My song "Zombie" will be on my album, but i leaked it as an early gift to you, my Sweethearts!" April 6, 2010. Tweet from @KillNanaXO.
In August of 2010, Teddy shared an early track listing of Perfectionist with Page Six where "Zombie" was listed as the fourth track.Page Six - "Exclusive look inside Natalia Kills ‘Perfectionist’ album" August 11, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2021 via Page Six.
"Zombie" was shown to be the fifth track on the standard version of the album when the album first went up for pre-order in Germany on March 12, 2011.
The song was officially released as a track on the album in some European countries on April 1, 2011. 
===EP===
On September 24, 2010, the Zombie (Remix EP) was release in select locations outside of North America.Zombie (Remixes) - EP Retrieved November 24, 2021 via iTunes France.
==Videos==
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===Background===
On October 28, 2009, Cherrytree Records announced via Twitter that the music video would be released the following day. On October 29, the music video officially premiered on Cherrytree's website.
The music video was put on Cherrytree's homepage on November 2, 2009."Check out Natalia Kills' new video for "Zombie" on the main screen, home page of CherrytreeRecords.com now." November 2, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2021 via @CherrytreeRec on Twitter.
==Writing and Development==
"Zombie" was written with Jeff Bhasker very early on in the production of Perfectionist. Teddy detailed that this song was the first song recorded for the album." "Zombie" was the first song I even recorded for the record..." Interview with MuuMuse. May 25, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2021 via MuuMuse."The first songs i made for my album (“Zombie” being one of them)..." Interview with Bloginity. June 28, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2021 via Bloginity. Considering it was the first song recorded off of Perfectionist, it was likely written in late 2008 after signing with Cherrytree Records. 
===Meaning===
In an interview with Clayton Perry, Teddy said:"The song [...] is about feeling a kind of sickening hysteria for someone who doesn’t feel it back for you, like an ex-boyfriend. If you were to describe a common thing girls say, “He never listens to me. I spoke to him, and he never responded to me.”  And to me, if someone’s totally despondent, then that’s kind of what a zombie would do. If you just had a conversation with a real zombie, it’d probably just grunt a bunch of things and try and, you know, I don’t know, eat you alive or something. And that’s my real message for that song. “Zombie” is basically making a real life version of a zombie as a comparison to a person who doesn’t treat you very well in a relationship, but you still want to be with them."
==Official Versions==
==Gallery==
==Credits==
===Musicians===
*Teddy Sinclair - Vocals
===Technical===
*Produced by: Jeff Bhasker
*Written by: Natalia Kills, Jeff Bhasker
*Published by: The Kills Effect/Songs Of Universal (BMI) / Sony ATV Songs LLC (BMI) / Way Above Music (BMI)
*Recorded by: Jeff Bhasker
*Recorded at: Enormous Studios
*Mixed by: Jeff Bhasker
*Mixed at: Enormous Studios
*Mastered by: Gene Grimaldi
*Mastered at: Oasis Mastering Studio
*Executively produced by: will.i.am, Martin Kierszenbaum
==References==
Category:Natalia Kills
Category:Songs
Category:Perfectionist
Category:2009
Category:2011
Category:Promotional Singles
Category:Released Songs