Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles
Artist: The Bangles Weeks at #1: 4 weeks Chart dates: December 20, 1986 – January 10, 1987
About
Walk Like an Egyptian was a million-selling single and became Billboard’s number-one song of 1987. Nevertheless, the song ended up accelerating the tensions within the group. The original plan for this song called for Debbi Peterson to sing the whole thing, but their producer, David Kahne, decided to have one person sing one verse. There are only three verses, though, so one person would have to get left out. That person ended up being Debbi Peterson, when David Kahne decided to have Micki Steele sing the second verse instead of Debbi (Vicki Peterson sang the first verse and Susanna Hoffs sang the third). Debbi didn’t play drums on the song either, when the producer decided that drum machines were the hip sound of 1987 (which they kinda were – ‘87 was a weird time). Like most Bangles hits, the Bangles didn’t write this one. This one’s written by Liam Sternberg. Over the years, the song has shown up in dozens of movies and TV shows.
