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This is Fresh Air. I'm David B. and Cooley.

Now here's a group which has only experienced moderate success here in Britain,

which has had several big hits in the States. Singing for you, we present the zombies. Americans were right about the zombies, whose first record, the still spooky She's Not There, made it all the way to number two on the Billboard pop chart in 1964.

In England, the same single topped out at number 12.

Five years later, by the time the group scored its biggest hit with She's Not There,

the zombies already had broken up. But they left their mark. The zombies were inducted into the

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, and they're now the subject of a new documentary titled

Hung Up on a Dream, directed by Robert Schwartzman.

Terry Gross spoke with the lead singer of the zombies, Colin Blundstone, in 1998, when a box set, also titled Hung Up on a Dream, had just been released. It contains singles, rare and

unreleased tracks, and appearances on BBC radio. Here's the zombie's first single.

Well, no one told me about the way she lied.

Well, no one told me about How many people cried

But it's too late to say you're sorry

How would I know?

Why should I care

Please don't bother trying to find her.

She's not there.

Well, let me tell you about the way she looked, the way she had to end the color of her.

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