Miserlou

E837161

Miserlou is a famous traditional Eastern Mediterranean folk melody best known in the West through Dick Dale’s 1962 surf rock instrumental version.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Miserlou Twist 2
Miserlou canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
traditional melody ⓘ
countryOfPopularization United States ⓘ
featuredInFilmDirector Quentin Tarantino ⓘ
featuredInFilmYear 1994 ⓘ
genre Eastern Mediterranean folk music ⓘ
surf rock ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Misirlou ⓘ
Mousourlou ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Arab music tradition ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Greek music tradition ⓘ
Levantine music tradition ⓘ
Turkish music tradition ⓘ
hasDanceAssociation Greek folk dance ⓘ
belly dance ⓘ
hasInstrumentalVersions true ⓘ
hasLyrics true ⓘ
hasNotablePerformer Agent Orange ⓘ
Dick Dale ⓘ
Jan and Dean ⓘ
linked to: Jan & Dean

The Beach Boys ⓘ
The Ventures ⓘ
instrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
isStandardIn Middle Eastern music repertoire ⓘ
surf rock repertoire ⓘ
isTraditional true ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
notableVersionBy Dick Dale ⓘ
notableVersionGenre surf rock instrumental ⓘ
notableVersionYear 1962 ⓘ
periodOfOrigin early 20th century ⓘ
popularizedInWestBy Dick Dale ⓘ
regionOfPopularity Greece ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States ⓘ
rhythmicFeature syncopation ⓘ
scaleUsed Hijaz scale ⓘ
Middle Eastern scale ⓘ
subjectMatter a woman from Egypt or the East ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
titleEtymology derived from Turkish word for Egyptian woman ⓘ
usedAs film opening theme ⓘ
usedInFilm Pulp Fiction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Surfer’s Choice → hasTrack → Miserlou Twist ⓘ
linked to: Miserlou
Surfer’s Choice → notableTrack → Miserlou Twist ⓘ
linked to: Miserlou