<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Walk Like an Egyptian" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Walk Like an Egyptian" is a song made famous by American band The Bangles . It was released in 1986 as the third single from the album Different Light . It was a million - selling single and became Billboard's number - one song of 1987 . </P> <P> Music producer Liam Sternberg wrote the song after seeing people on a ferry walking awkwardly to keep their balance . Their poses reminded him of figures in some Ancient Egyptian paintings and reliefs . </P> <P> Sternberg had finished a demo version of the song by January 1984 with singer Marti Jones . He offered it to Toni Basil, who turned it down . Lene Lovich recorded the first version of the song, but it went unreleased when she decided to take a break from music to raise her family . David Kahne from Peer Southern Publishing was the producer of Different Light; he received a copy of the demo and liked it, especially Jones's "offhand quality". </P>

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