Walk Like An Egyptian Music Video - The Bangles

There have been plenty of songs about the ancient Egyptians though the years. The most famous one? Difficult, but for a catchty pop tune, The Bangles, "Walk Like an Egyptian" is right up there. A good dance tune, even now.

The Bangles

Well, if we are talking made in the USA, then the Cleopatra 2 slot certainly qualifies, and so do this group. The Bangles are an All American all-female band from the eighties with several smash hits under their belts.

The band is comprised of Susanna Hoff who teamed up with sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson to form a band in LA in 1980. Initially called The Colours, then the Supersonic Bangs, and then The Bangs.
In 1981, they released "Getting Out Of Hand" b/w "Call on Me" and were signed to Faulty Products.

Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson, Debbi Peterson were joined by Annette Zilinskas and released "The Real World".
A legal issue forced themto rename the band the Bangles. 

The band's 2nd  album Different Light (1986) and included the worldwide No. 1 hit "Walk Like an Egyptian".

And here's what they looked like earlier- one of the original "Walk Like an Egyptian" videos from The Bangles. Check out the 80s hair!....

Walk Like An Egyptian: The Lyrics

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don't you know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino

All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian

Blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian

Slide your feet up the street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
Spin the clubs cruise down the block

All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

All the cops in the donut shop say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian