The Rolling Stones, who played their first gig 50 years ago, have returned after a seven-year hiatus. The English rockers debuted a new single, “Doom and Gloom,” Thursday on BBC Radio 2.

A mopey lyric video accompanies the release and draws even more attention to the band’s zombie reference:

“I had a dream last night I was piloting a plane, and all the passengers were drunk and insane,” Mick Jagger belts. “I crash landed in a Louisiana swamp, shot up a horde of zombies but I come out on top.”

Zombies and exploding heads aside, “Doom and Gloom” is a track from GRRR!, the group’s forthcoming three-disc greatest hits compilation due out Nov. 12. The Rolling Stones made headlines in the tech world earlier this year when a clever 404 error message on its website surfaced.

Are you digging the band’s new tune? Does it make you want to watch The Walking Dead right now, too?

BONUS: 9 Celebrity Zombies Show Brain-Eating Side of Fame

Zombie Celebrities

1. 
   

   1. Lady Gaga

   You can’t read my Zombie Face.

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2. 
   

   2. Clint Eastwood

   Go ahead, eat my brain.

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3. 
   

   3. Scarlett Johansson

   On the cover of ‘Undead Weekly.’

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4. 
   

   4. Daniel Craig

   Dead. Living Dead.

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5. 
   

   5. Paul McCartney

   Let it feed.

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6. 
   

   6. Rihanna

   S.O.S. No, seriously.

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7. 
   

   7. Sylvester Stallone

   “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s also zombies.”

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8. 
   

   8. Stan Lee

   Superheroes can’t save you.

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9. 
   

   9. Hugh Hefner

   Bunnies and brains.

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