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{{Infobox song

| name = Walk Like an Egyptian

| cover = The Bangles Walk Like An Egyptian.jpg

| alt =

| caption = North American 1986 12-inch vinyl picture sleeve

| type = single

| artist = The Bangles

| album = Different Light

| B-side =

  • "Angels Don't Fall in Love"
  • "Not Like You"

| released = {{start date|1986|9|1}}{{cite magazine|first= Robin |last= Smith |title= The Bangles |magazine= Record Mirror |page= 8 |date= September 6, 1986 |quote= The Bangles release their single 'Walk Like An Egyptian' this week.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8037-499-1|title=BPI}}

| recorded =

| studio = Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles

| genre =

  • Pop rock{{cite web|first= Bill |last= Lamb |title= Kelly Clarkson – Never Again |publisher= About.com |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/kcneveragain.htm |archive-date= March 6, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120306073037/http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/kcneveragain.htm}}
  • new wave{{cite web|first= Heather |last= Phares |title= Various Artists – Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Women |publisher= AllMusic |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/just-cant-get-enough-new-wave-women-mw0000025609}}
  • novelty{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" |website= Stereogum |date= January 25, 2021 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2113868/the-number-ones-the-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/columns/the-number-ones/ |quote= ...“Walk Like An Egyptian” was still getting burn at functions like that. That’s the power of a good novelty song.|accessdate= October 10, 2022}}

| length = 3:24

| label =

| writer = Liam Sternberg

| producer = David Kahne

| prev_title = If She Knew What She Wants

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Walking Down Your Street

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| type = single

| prev_title = Everything I Wanted

| prev_year = 1990

| title = Walk Like an Egyptian (remix)

| year = 1990

| next_title = The Eternal Mix

| next_year = 1990

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|Cv6tuzHUuuk|"Walk Like an Egyptian"}}}}

}}

"Walk Like an Egyptian" is a song by the American pop rock band the Bangles. It was released in September 1986 as the third single from the band's second studio album, Different Light (1986). It was the band's first number-one single, being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was ranked 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 blonde waitresses, school children and police officers.{{cite news |first=Mark J. |last=Price |title=Akron native's song 'Walk Like an Egyptian,' a smash hit for the Bangles, is still catchy after 35 years |newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal |date=September 22, 2021 |access-date=November 9, 2021 |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/entertainment/2021/09/22/walk-like-an-egyptian-the-bangles-1980-s-akron-native-liam-sternberg/8414042002/}}

Recording

Sternberg finished a demo version by January 1984 with the singer Marti Jones, featuring percussion with kitchen implements. He offered it to Toni Basil, who turned it down.{{cite book|first= Fred |last= Bronson |author-link= Fred Bronson |year= 2003 |title= The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits |edition= 5 |publisher= Random House Digital |page= 656 |isbn= 0-8230-7677-6 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=PgGqNrqfrsoC&pg=PT665 |via=Google Books}} Lene Lovich recorded the first version of the song, but it was unreleased when she decided to take a break from music to raise her family. David Kahne, who like Sternberg was affiliated with Peer International Publishing, was the producer of Different Light. He received a copy of the demo and liked it, especially Jones's "offhand quality", and took the song to the Bangles, who agreed to record it.

Kahne 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.{{cite magazine|first= Gaby |last= Alter |title= Classic Tracks: The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" |date= September 1, 2009 |magazine= Mix |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/classic-tracks-bangles-walk-egyptian/366116}} She plays the tambourine during their 1986 performance on BBC's The Old Grey Whistle Test.{{cite AV media|title= The Old Grey Whistle Test Vol. 3 |type= DVD |publisher= BBC Video |year= 2006}} The whistling in the song was played by a machine.{{cite interview|first= Vicki |last= Peterson |subject-link= Vicki Peterson |interviewer= Carl Wiser |title= Vicki Peterson of the Bangles |work= Songfacts |date= November 9, 2018 |access-date= January 25, 2020 |url= https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/vicki-peterson-of-the-bangles}}

Critical reception

Di Cross of Record Mirror considered "Walk Like an Egyptian" an example of the Bangles "adopting an eastern flavour amidst the statutory guitars, jangly noises, and quaint vocals, sucking in the candyfloss pop of some predictably inoffensive lyrics", which the reviewer deemed a style regression in the band's career.{{cite magazine |last=Cross |first=Di |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/86/Record-Mirror-1986-09-06.pdf |title=Singles reviewed by Di Cross |magazine=Record Mirror |date=September 6, 1986 |page=10 |location=London |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History |issn=0144-5804 |access-date=November 6, 2023}}

Chart performance

"Walk Like an Egyptian" was the third single released 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.{{cite web|title= Bangles – Awards |website= AllMusic |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bangles-mn0000757085/awards}}

Music video

The music video for "Walk Like an Egyptian" was nominated for Best Group Video at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite web|title= 1987 Video Music Awards |publisher= MTV |access-date= September 1, 2009 |url= http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1987/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021052221/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1987/|archive-date=October 21, 2013 | url-status=dead}} 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. Most of these people were filmed on the streets of New York City, although special effects were used to modify photos of Diana, Princess of Wales and the then Prince Charles, the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the Statue of Liberty.

In a popular scene from the video, Susanna Hoffs was filmed in a close-up where her eyes moved from side to side. When asked about the scene in an interview, she explained that she was looking at individual audience members during the video shoot, which took place with a live audience. Looking directly at individual audience members was a technique she used to overcome stage fright and she was unaware that the camera had a close-up on her while she was using this technique, switching between one audience member on her left and one on her right.{{cite web |first= Jenny |last= Stewart |title= PlanetOut Talks to Susanna Hoffs |website= PlanetOut |date= August 8, 2009 |url= http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/2009/08/susanna-hoffs-bangles-under-covers.html |archive-date= August 12, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090812114358/http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/2009/08/susanna-hoffs-bangles-under-covers.html}}

1990 re-release

In 1990, "Walk Like an Egyptian" was re-issued as a single in the UK to promote the Bangles' Greatest Hits album. It included new remixes for the song called Ozymandias Remix. It charted at number 73 in the UK.

Airplay restrictions

"Walk Like an Egyptian" was one of the songs which were claimed to have been banned by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001, attacks. In researching this, Snopes found that the list was simply suggestions regarding songs to be sensitive about when deciding what to play.{{cite web|first= David |last= Mikkelson |title= Clear Channel Banned Songs |website= Snopes |date= March 29, 2011 |access-date= June 6, 2018 |url= https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/radio-radio/}}
- {{cite magazine|first= Heather |last= Murphy |title= It's the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It |magazine= Slate |date= September 17, 2001 |access-date= October 16, 2011 |url= http://www.slate.com/id/1008314/}} It was also included in a "list of records to be avoided" drawn up by the BBC during the Gulf War.{{cite book|first= Mark |last= Kirby |year= 2000 |title= Sociology in Perspective |publisher= Heinemann |page= 164 |isbn= 0-435-33160-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NE7fykwlOl8C&pg=PT164}}
- {{cite news|title= Unfit for Auntie's airwaves: The artists censored by the BBC |newspaper= The Independent |date= December 14, 2007 |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/unfit-for-aunties-airwaves-the-artists-censored-by-the-bbc-765106.html}}{{why|date=March 2022}}

Accolades

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Publisher

!Country

!Accolade

!Rank

1986

|Hot Press

|Ireland

|"Singles of the Year" (20){{cite web|title= Hot Press Albums of the Year 1986: The Critics' Choice |work= Hot Press |via= Rocklist |access-date= March 26, 2014 |url= http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/hotpress.htm#1986}}

|4

1986

|The Village Voice

|United States

|"Singles of the Year" (25){{cite web|title= Village Voice – Pazz & Jop Lists > 1986: Singles |work= The Village Voice |via= Rocklist |access-date= March 26, 2014 |url= http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/village7080.htm#1986}}

|16

2003

|Giannis Petridis

|Greece

|"2004 of the Best Songs of the Century"{{CN|date=December 2023}}

|*

2003

|Paul Morley

|United Kingdom

|"Greatest Pop Single of All Time"{{cite web|title= Paul Morley |access-date= March 26, 2014 |via= Rocklist |url= http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/paulmorley.htm}}

|*

2003

|Pause & Play

|United States

|"Vault of Fame" (Songs){{cite web|title= Songs |work= Pause & Play |url= http://www.pauseandplay.com/vault.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030802103309/http://www.pauseandplay.com/vault.htm |archive-date= August 2, 2003}}

|*

2005

|Bruce Pollock

|United States

|"The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944–2000"{{CN|date=December 2023}}

|*

2009

|Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé

|France

|"3000 Rock Classics"{{CN|date=December 2023}}

|*

2009

|Radio Veronica

|Netherlands

|"Best of the 80s" (100){{cite web|title= Radio Veronica |via= Rocklist |access-date= March 26, 2014 |url= http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/veronica.html}}

|99

(*) indicates the list is unordered.

Track listings

7-inch single

  1. "Walk Like an Egyptian" (3:21)
  2. "Not Like You" (3:05)

12-inch single

  1. "Walk Like an Egyptian" (extended dance mix) (5:48)
  2. "Walk Like an Egyptian" (dub mix) (5:17)
  3. "Walk Like an Egyptian" (a cappella mix) (2:47)
  4. "Angels Don't Fall in Love" (3:21)

Personnel

Personnel are sourced from Sound on Sound.{{cite magazine |last=Doyle |first=Tom |title=Classic Tracks: The Bangles 'Walk Like An Egyptian' |magazine=Sound On Sound |date=May 2021 |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-bangles-walk-egyptian}}

Charts

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Walk Like an Egyptian"

!Chart (1986–1987)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |year= 1993 |title= Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |page= 26 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}

|1

{{singlechart|Austria|6|artist=Bangles|song=Walk Like An Egyptian|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}
{{singlechart|Flanders|1|artist=Bangles|song=Walk Like An Egyptian|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}
{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=0766|rowheader=true|access-date=May 30, 2014}}
scope="row"|Europe (Pan-European Charts){{cite magazine|title= Billboard – Hits of the World |date= December 13, 1986 |magazine= Billboard |page= 56 |volume= 98 |issue= 50 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ICUEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22walk+like+an+egyptian+bangles%22&pg=PA56}}

|7

scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|first= Timo |last= Pennanen |year= 2006 |title= Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |edition= 1st |publisher= Tammi |isbn= 978-951-1-21053-5 |location= Helsinki |language= fi}}

|11

{{singlechart|France|15|artist=Bangles|song=Walk Like An Egyptian|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}
{{singlechart|Ireland2|2|song=Walk Like an Egyptian|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}
scope="row"| Japan (Oricon){{cite book|year= 1988 |title= Oricon Chart Book: Artist Series 1968–1987 |publisher= Original Confidence |isbn= 978-4871310215 |location= Tokyo |language= ja}}

|83

{{singlechart|Dutch40|1|year=1986|week=49|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}
{{singlechart|Dutch100|1|artist=Bangles|song=Walk Like An Egyptian|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}
{{singlechart|New Zealand|2|artist=Bangles|song=Walk Like An Egyptian|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}
scope="row"|South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (B) |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= May 31, 2013 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(B).html}}

|1

scope="row"|Spain (AFYVE){{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |date= September 2005 |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}

|1

{{singlechart|Switzerland|8|artist=Bangles|song=Walk Like An Egyptian|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}
{{singlechart|UK|3|date=19861115|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|title= Different Light – Awards |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/different-light-mw0000192898/awards}}

|1

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

|46

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales

|15

scope="row"|US Cash Box{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending DECEMBER 20, 1986 |magazine= Cash Box |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19861220.html |archive-date= October 2, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121002181059/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19861220.html}}

|1

{{singlechart|West Germany|1|artist=Bangles|song=Walk Like An Egyptian|songid=1549|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for the 1990 re-issue

!Chart (1990)

!Peak
position

{{singlechart|UK|73|artist=Bangles|song=Walk Like an Egyptian (1990)|date=19900603|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2014}}

{{col-2}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+1986 year-end chart performance for "Walk Like an Egyptian"

!Chart (1986)

!Position

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten 1986 |publisher= Ultratop. Hung Medien |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1986 |language= nl}}

|48

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|title= Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1986 |publisher= Dutch Top 40 |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1986 |language= nl}}

|63

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten – Single 1986 |publisher= Single Top 100. Hung Medien |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1986&cat=s |language= nl}}

|27

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title= January to December 1986 > Top 100 Singles |magazine= Music Week |page= 24 |date= January 24, 1987 |accessdate= April 11, 2022 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1987/Music-Week-1987-01-24.pdf}}

|23

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+1987 year-end chart performance for "Walk Like an Egyptian"

!Chart (1987)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (Australian Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/sPdqqRt.jpg|title=Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987|publisher=Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com|access-date=January 24, 2023}}{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |year= 1993 |title= Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |page= 439 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}

|7

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten 1987 |publisher= Ultratop. Hung Medien |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1987 |language= nl}}

|51

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles of '87 |volume= 47 |issue= 12 |date= December 26, 1987 |magazine= RPM |publisher= Library and Archives Canada |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0920&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 |archive-date= October 5, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131005015555/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0920&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3}}

|25

scope="row"|European Top 100 Singles (Music & Media){{cite magazine|title= European Charts of the Year 1987: Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 4 |issue= 51/52 |page= 34 |date= December 26, 1987 |access-date= May 2, 2022 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-26.pdf}}

|27

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|title= Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987 |publisher= Dutch Top 40 |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1987 |language= nl}}

|64

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987 |publisher= Single Top 100. Hung Medien |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1987&cat=s |language= nl}}

|95

scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1987 |publisher= Official New Zealand Music Chart |access-date= May 2, 2021 |url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1987-12-31}}

|39

scope="row"|South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web|title= Top 20 Hit Singles of 1987 |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1987.html}}

|8

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|title= Top 100 Hits for 1987 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= February 15, 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1987}}

|1

scope="row"|West Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web|title= Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts: 1987 |website= Offiziellecharts.de |publisher= GfK Entertainment charts |url= https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1987 |archive-date= May 9, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150509001159/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1987 |language= de}}

|28

=All-time charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+All-time chart performance for "Walk Like an Egyptian"

!Chart (1958–2018)

!Position

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|title= Hot 100 60th Anniversary |magazine= Billboard |access-date= February 22, 2020 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary}}

|165

{{col-end}}

Certifications and sales

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Walk Like an Egyptian"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Bangles|title=Walk Like an Egyptian|award=Gold|relyear=1986|certyear=1987}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=single|artist=Bangles|title=Walk Like an Egyptian|award=Platinum|relyear=1986|certyear=1987}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Bangles|title=Walk Like an Egyptian|award=Gold|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=19080-499-1|access-date=June 26, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Bangles|title=Walk Like an Egyptian|award=Gold|relyear=1986|certyear=1989}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

In popular culture

The song was used as the ending credits theme for the first 24 episodes of the Japanese animated series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (based on the third part of the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which is set on a travel from Japan to Egypt).{{cite web|first= Mikikazu |last= Komatsu |title= Pat Metheny Group's 1987 Song "Last Train Home" Featured as New ED Song for "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" |url= http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/01/09/pat-metheny-groups-1987-song-last-train-home-featured-as-new-ed-song-for-jojos-bizarre-adventure |website=Crunchyroll News |date= January 10, 2015 |accessdate= January 22, 2015}}

The song was also used in Totally Spies! The Movie,{{cite web|title= Various Artists – Totally Spies Bof |website= AllMusic |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/totally-spies-bof-mw0002032761 |accessdate= March 2, 2015}} in season 3 of Eastbound & Down and during the closing credits of Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra by Alain Chabat, one of the biggest successes in French cinema box-office history.

In Family Guy, Carter Pewterschmidt is shown listening to the song while singing different lyrics that relate to his life.{{Cite news |last=Treisman |first=Rachel |date=April 24, 2023 |title=Edgy or insensitive? The Paralympics TikTok account sparks a debate |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171333573/paralympics-tiktok-controversy |work=NPR News |quote=A slow-motion replay of a wheelchair basketball player falling backwards onto the floor is accompanied by the Family Guy version of "Walk Like An Egyptian" ("My back is hurting from the chair I'm sitting on ... if I lay down flat on the floor it usually kinda fixes it").}}

It was performed in the 2023 Spanish animated movie Mummies.

See also

References

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{{JoJo's Bizarre Adventure}}

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