Toy-Box is a

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group, consisting of vocalists

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and

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. Mirza was born on 8 October 1974 in

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to Indian-Iranian-Pakistani parents. El-Falaki was born 12 August 1973 in

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to Moroccan parents. In 1999, they had some success in the

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n music charts with a song from the album ''

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'', named " Tarzan & Jane". Toy-Box reunited and performed at the Vi Elsker 90'erne events in Denmark in 2017.

History

"Tarzan & Jane" was championed by ''

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'' magazine in the

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in 1999, but their UK label Edel decided to hold back the release until later on in the year, to coincide with the release of Disney's ''

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''. They elected to release " Best Friend" first; although it received a lot of rotation on the television channel The Box, it only reached number 41 in the

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, and plans to release "Tarzan & Jane" were cancelled. It reached number 2 in the Dutch hit lists. "Tarzan & Jane" reached number 15 on the

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. In 1999 the song peaked at number 16 on

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. Toy-Box's first album, ''

'', included the hits "The Sailor Song", "Best Friend", "Super-Duper-Man", "Teddybear", and "Tarzan & Jane". It was released in September 1999 and followed in 2001 by a second album, ''Toy Ride'', which includes fan-favorite songs "www.girl", "Prince of Arabia", and "Wizard of Oz". After the group broke up, El-Falaki worked as a dance teacher,

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choreographer and trainer to

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's cheerleading team. Mirza later changed her first name to Aneela and began a solo career, with limited success. When asked about another Toy-Box release in 2007, Aneela said, "I don't know, anything's possible." , Toy-Box has returned to tour alongside

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, and many more for a series of 1990s concerts.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Promotional singles

References

External links

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