Ode to My Family

Ode to My Family is a published end of 1994 song, which was written by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan and interpreted by the Irish band The Cranberries.

Information

The song appeared on the album No Need to Argue. In November 1994 he was released as the second single (after Zombie ) from this album, the fourth single from the cranberries whole. The song has a total length of 4:31 minutes.

Song structure and harmonies

As in most songs of the Cranberries, there are 2 verses that begin with the same words (or the same word ).

In the song, the simple chord progression C -Am - Em- F is used by the whole song, so is therefore in C major. Like nearly every Cranberries piece is sung in two voices (of Dolores O'Riordan ) also this song. The song is in 4/4-time.

The video

For all single releases of the album No need to argue led the famous music video director Sam Bayer ( Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana, American Idiot - Green Day, Gotta Get Away - The Offspring ) Director. Dolores said of him: "He does not treat you like a woman, he treats you like a person! ".

Swell

• Stars - The Best of the Cranberries 1992-2002

• Rock song
• Song 1994