Happy Times - Walk Like An Egyptian (The Bangles Surf Cover)

Available on Spotify: and Apple Music: From ’’ Instrumental Circus ’’ Label: Twangsville Productions ‎– TWGS3266 Format: CD, Album, Enhanced Country: Finland Released: 2007 Tracklist 01. Walk Like An Egyptian Written-By – Liam Sternberg 02. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Written-By – John Barry 03. Black Is Black Written-By – Michelle Grainger, Steve Wadey, Tony Hayes 04. The Boys Of Summer Written-By – Don Henley, Mike Campbell 05. Harlem Nocturne Written-By – Earle Hagen 06. Theme From A Summer Place Written-By – Max Steiner 07. Lullaby Of The Leaves Written-By – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young 08. Beware Written-By – Gert Wilden 09. Strawberry Fields Forever Written-By – John Lennon, Paul McCartney 10. Psychedelic Venture Written-By – Don Wilson, Mel Taylor, Nokie Edwards, Robert Lenard Bogle 11. Endless Night Written-By – Janne Tokko 12. (Theme From) Hatari Written-By – Henry Mancini 13. Born Free Written-By – John Barry 14. Summer Kisses Winter Tears Written-By – Ben Weisman, Fred Wise 15. L’amour Oriental Written-By – Bohuslav Leopold 16. P-47 Republic Thunderbolt Written-By – Heikki Eloranta, J-M Orpana, Juha Pyötsiä Video The Boys Of Summer Organ, Keyboards [Keys], Guitar [Efx Guitars], Percussion – Janne Tokko Bass Guitar, Guitar [Baritone], Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Heikki Eloranta Rhythm Guitar – Petri Autio Lead Guitar – Heikki Eloranta (tracks: 4, 10), Petri Autio (track: 9) Lead Guitar, Mandolin [Mandoline], Acoustic Guitar, Triangle – J-M Orpana Trombone – Timo Jaakkola (track: 5) Drums – Janne Tokko (track: 11) Drums, Percussion – Juha Pyötsiä Cover – Tea Salonsaari-Eloranta Photography By [Band Photos] – Mika Vartiala Recorded By, Mixed By – Janne Tokko Mastered By – J-J. Nippala Recorded and mixed at “Mystery Land“ Studio, Utti. Mastered at Sonicimage, Kouvola Executive-producer – Jori Venemies Film Director [Video] – Sami Viitalo ------------------------ “Walk Like an Egyptian“ is a song recorded by the American band the Bangles. It was released in 1986 as the third single from the album Different Light. It was the band’s first number one single, being certified gold by the RIAA, and became Billboard’s number-one song of 1987. Composition Liam Sternberg said he was inspired to create the song while on a ferry crossing the English Channel. When the vessel hit choppy water, passengers stepped carefully and moved their arms awkwardly while struggling to maintain their balance, and that reminded Sternberg of the depiction of human figures in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings. He wrote the words “Walk like an Egyptian“ in a notebook. Later, Sternberg looked back in the notebook, and composing the melody with a guitar, he put together an up-tempo song with lyrics about Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Nile River, crocodiles, desert sand, bazaars and hookah pipes and then segued into modern scenes of blond waitresses, school kids and police officers. Recording Sternberg finished a demo version 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“. Kahne took the song to the Bangles, who agreed to record it. He had each member of the group sing the lyrics to determine who would sing each verse; Vicki Peterson, Michael Steele, and Susanna Hoffs sang lead vocals in the final version on the first, second, and third verses, respectively. Kahne disliked Debbi Peterson’s leads, so she was relegated to backing vocals, which angered her and caused tension within the group. The situation was exacerbated by the use of a drum machine in place of her drumming, further diminishing her role in the song. She can be seen playing the tambourine during their 1986 performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test. The whistling in the song was played by a machine. Chart performance “Walk Like an Egyptian“ was released as the third single from Different Light. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1986. The song reached a peak of number three on the UK Singles Chart in November 1986 and reached number one in the US on December 20, staying at the top of the Hot 100 for four weeks, carrying it over into January 1987. The success of the song and “Manic Monday“ propelled Different Light to number two on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the group’s most successful album. In popular culture The song was used as the theme of the ending credits of the Japanese animated series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (based off the manga series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) for the first 24 episodes. The song was used in Totally Spies! The Movie.