"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
Famous quotes containing the words walk like, walk and/or egyptian:
“When children dress like adults they are more likely to behave as adults do, to imitate adult actions. It is hard to walk like an adult male wearing corduroy knickers that make an awful noise. But boys in long pants can walk like men, and little girls in tight jeans can walk like women.”
—David Elkind (20th century)
“I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“...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.