"Walk Like an Egyptian" is a number-one hit from the album Different Light by The Bangles in 1986.
The song is in chromatic-minor with a tonic major chord.
This song was banned by the BBC during the Gulf War because it mentioned the Middle East.
Read more about Walk Like An Egyptian: Origin, Chart Performances, Music Video, 1990 Re-release, Clear Channel Memorandum, Track Listings
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“We have got onto slippery ice where there is no friction and so in a certain sense the conditions are ideal, but also, just because of that, we are unable to walk. We want to walk so we need friction. Back to the rough ground!”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)
“...the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 1:19.
Egyptian midwives to Pharaoh.