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# Way You Walk
- URL: https://helpful-koala.pikapod.net/way-you-walk/
- Published: 2026-02-14T23:30:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-15T19:15:08.000Z
- Author: Robert Rackley
- Tags: Saturday Night Video, #robert-2, noise, #Import 2026-07-11 23:34, #Import 2026-08-02 01:19, #Import 2026-09-14 17:25

I saw Papas Fritas play during their run in the nineties at a club called Go Studios that straddled the border between Chapel Hill and Carrboro. They were an energetic live band and most impressively, had a drummer (Shivika Asthana) who sang. Purchasing their third long-player, *Buildings and Grounds*, was an easy decision.

The band broke up in 2000, just as they began to get commercial recognition for this song, “Way You Walk”—which was featured in a frequently run breath mints TV ad. The track is a perfect distillation of nineties indie pop. A simple but effective bass line. A mid-song acoustic guitar solo.

The video animation stylistically brings to mind “Take On Me,” by A-ha, but with rich watercolors instead of pen and ink.

Papas Fritas - Walk You Walk ([YouTube](https://youtu.be/oNjE4qEJA3I?si=JuFgZ-u2cTsGtbPd&ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net))

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Papas Fritas reunited in 2011 and played at Primavera Sound. Singer and guitarist Tony Goddess [looks like he’s having fun](https://youtu.be/CRjR%5Fq1miO0?si=Y16lfLo%5F7b7ehPYi&ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net). Not only does he change the solo, but he brings in the chorus from Anita Ward’s “Ring My Bell.”