The music video for " Walk Like an Egyptian " was nominated for Best Group Video at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards . It features both 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 songwriter Liam Sternberg . Most of these people were filmed on the streets of New York City , although special effects were used to add Princess Diana , Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi , and the Statue of Liberty . In a popular scene from the video , Hoffs was filmed in a close-up where her eyes moved from side to side , looking left and right . When asked about the scene in an interview with online magazine PlanetOut.com , Hoffs explained that she was actually 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 employing this technique , switching between one audience member on her left and one on her right
1987 MTV Video Music Awards
1987 MTV Video Music Awards
Walk Like an Egyptian