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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.
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 ...
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 ...
"Eternal Flame" by The Bangles (1988) Yes, we could have gone with "Walk Like an Egyptian." But to represent the Bangles on this list, we picked the moody "Eternal Flame" to evoke all those early ...
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.
The Bangles' 1984 debut LP All Over the Place is the band's only album with no Steele-written songs; her biggest showcase on the album is the bass solo on "Tell Me". In addition to All Over the Place , in 1984 Steele also wrote and recorded the political spoken-word piece "El Pollo Loco" for the double LP compilation Neighborhood Rhythms .
Sternberg began his musical career as part of the late-1970s "Akron Sound" which included Devo and the Waitresses.A member of the band Jane Aire and the Belvederes, Sternberg curated an Akron Sound compilation album for Stiff Records, which gained the attention of rock critic Robert Christgau and brought national attention to the scene.
"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] "