<sod>By January 1984, Sternberg was finished cutting a demo version of the song with [[Marti Jones]] singing the lyric. He offered his song to [[Toni Basil]], who turned it down.<ref name="B2003">{{cite book|first= Fred |last= Bronson |authorlink= Fred Bronson |year= 2003 |title= The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=PgGqNrqfrsoC&pg=PT665 |edition= 5 |publisher= Random House Digital |page= 656 |isbn= 0-8230-7677-6}}</ref> [[Lene Lovich]] recorded the first version of the song, but it went unreleased when Lovich decided to take a sabbatical from music to raise her family. From [[Peermusic|Peer Southern Publishing]], [[David Kahne]], the producer of ''Different Light'', received a copy of the demo and liked it, especially Jones's "offhand quality".<ref name="B2003"/> 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, with [[Vicki Peterson]], [[Michael Steele (musician)|Michael Steele]] and [[Susanna Hoffs]] singing lead vocals on the first, second, and third verses, respectively, in the final version. Kahne did not like any of [[Debbi Peterson]]'s leads, and so she was relegated to backing vocals. This angered Peterson and caused tension within the group, as she felt the rest of the band was not supportive. The situation was exacerbated by the drumming in the song being done by a [[drum machine]] instead of by her, further diminishing her role in the song.<ref>{{cite journal|first= Gaby |last= Alter |title= Classic Tracks: The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" |date= September 1, 2009 |magazine= [[Mix (magazine)|Mix]] |url= http://mixonline.com/recording/tracking/classic-tracks-bangles-0909/ |accessdate= February 15, 2014}}</ref> (Peterson can be seen playing the [[tambourine]] during their 1986 performance on ''[[The Old Grey Whistle Test]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media|title= The Old Grey Whistle Test Vol. 3 |type= DVD |publisher= BBC Video |year= 2006}}</ref>)<eod>
<sod>By January 1984, Sternberg was finished cutting a demo version of the song with [[Marti Jones]] singing the lyric. He offered his song to [[Toni Basil]], who turned it down.<ref name="B2003">{{cite book|first= Fred |last= Bronson |authorlink= Fred Bronson |year= 2003 |title= The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits |url= https://books.google.com/?id=PgGqNrqfrsoC&pg=PT665 |edition= 5 |publisher= Random House Digital |page= 656 |isbn= 0-8230-7677-6}}</ref> [[Lene Lovich]] recorded the first version of the song, but it went unreleased when Lovich decided to take a sabbatical from music to raise her family. From [[Peermusic|Peer Southern Publishing]], [[David Kahne]], the producer of ''Different Light'', received a copy of the demo and liked it, especially Jones's "offhand quality".<ref name="B2003"/> 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, with [[Vicki Peterson]], [[Michael Steele (musician)|Michael Steele]] and [[Susanna Hoffs]] singing lead vocals on the first, second, and third verses, respectively, in the final version. Kahne did not like any of [[Debbi Peterson]]'s leads, and so she was relegated to backing vocals. This angered Peterson and caused tension within the group, as she felt the rest of the band was not supportive. The situation was exacerbated by the drumming in the song being done by a [[drum machine]] instead of by her, further diminishing her role in the song.<ref>{{cite journal|first= Gaby |last= Alter |title= Classic Tracks: The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" |date= September 1, 2009 |magazine= [[Mix (magazine)|Mix]] |url= http://mixonline.com/recording/tracking/classic-tracks-bangles-0909/ |accessdate= February 15, 2014}}</ref> (Peterson can be seen playing the [[tambourine]] during their 1986 performance on ''[[The Old Grey Whistle Test]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media|title= The Old Grey Whistle Test Vol. 3 |type= DVD |publisher= BBC Video |year= 2006}}</ref>)<eod>