Misirlou

About Misirlou

Misirlou (Greek: Μισιρλού, "Egyptian Girl"; from Turkish Mısırlı, "Egyptian"; from Arabic مصر, Miṣr, "Egypt"), is a popular Greek song with a cult-like popularity in five very diverse styles of music: Greek rebetiko, Middle-Eastern belly dancing, Jewish wedding music (Klezmer), American surf rock and international orchestral easy listening (Exotica). The song was rearranged as a solo instrumental guitar piece by Dick Dale in 1962. .

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About this song

Credited to

Dick Dale, Dick Dale & His Del-Tones

Album

Surf-A-Rama · Track 4 of 16

Released

April 9, 1937

Duration

2:15

On Last.fm

256,961 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Surf-A-Rama