Misirlou

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"Misirlou" is a traditional Eastern Mediterranean folk song that became widely known in its fast-paced surf rock instrumental version popularized by guitarist Dick Dale.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Misirlou canonical 3
Misirlou (Μισιρλού) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf folk song
instrumental
song
surf rock song
composer traditional
countryOfOrigin Egypt
Greece
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Turkey
culturalOrigin Greek diaspora
Levantine communities
directorOfAssociatedFilm Quentin Tarantino
featuredInSoundtrackOf Pulp Fiction
genre Eastern Mediterranean folk music
instrumental rock
surf rock
hasAlternativeTransliteration Miserlou
Misirlou
Misirlou (Μισιρλού)
linked to: Misirlou
hasInstrumentalVersions yes
hasNotableVersionBy Dick Dale
hasTheme exotic woman
romantic love
hasVocalVersions yes
influencedArtist surf rock guitarists
influencedGenre surf rock
instrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
isStandardInRepertoireOf surf rock bands
language Arabic
Greek
Judeo-Spanish
Turkish
notableArrangementYear 1962
popularizedAsSurfRockBy Dick Dale
recordedBy Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
linked to: Dick Dale

The Beach Boys
numerous artists
region Eastern Mediterranean
rhythm Middle Eastern scale usage
scale Hijaz scale
tempo fast
titleMeaning Egyptian girl
usedInFilm Pulp Fiction
yearFilmUsageBecameFamous 1994

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pump It usesSampleFrom Misirlou
Dick Dale notableWork Misirlou
Misirlou hasAlternativeTransliteration Misirlou (Μισιρλού)
linked to: Misirlou