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The music video for "Walk Like an Egyptian" was nominated for Best Group Video at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards. [13] It shows the Bangles performing the song at a concert and scenes of people dancing in poses similar to those depicted in the Ancient Egyptian reliefs that inspired Sternberg.
The band’s biggest commercial successes include "Walk Like an Egyptian" (1986), which became a worldwide phenomenon, "Manic Monday" (1986), a song written by Prince, and a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s "Hazy Shade of Winter" (1987), which was featured in the film Less Than Zero.
Walk Like an Egyptian" was written by Liam Sternberg after seeing people on a ferry walking awkwardly to keep their balance as figures do in Ancient Egyptian reliefs; it became one of the most successful singles by the Bangles, hitting number one in the United States, [7] Denmark, [9] and the Netherlands, [10] as well as peaking at number three ...
"Walking Down Your Street" is a song by the Bangles. It is the fourth single from their 1986 album Different Light.After its single release in 1987, the song charted at #9 on the Cash Box Top 100, [4] #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, #16 on the UK Singles Chart, [5] #26 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles and #56 on the Australian Kent Music Report chart. [6] "
In the music video for "Walk Like an Egyptian", during a close-up of Hoffs' face, she moves her eyes from side to side. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Hoffs recounted that she had been looking at selected members of the crowd to counter stage fright , and had not realized it would be a focal point in the video.
Given that the Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" had been ranked by Billboard as the number one single of 1987 and that the group had reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986 with "Manic Monday" and in 1987 with "Hazy Shade of Winter", the number-five Hot 100 peak of the lead single from their album Everything, "In Your Room", was a ...
Liam Sternberg (born July 28, 1949) [1] is an American songwriter and producer who wrote the Bangles hit "Walk Like an Egyptian". [2] Career
Steele also sings lead on the second verse of "Walk Like an Egyptian". [15] As often discussed in later interviews, Different Light was also the product of significant contention and tension between the band and producer David Kahne; much of this contention surrounding the use of musicians outside the band on some songs. Despite lingering ...