Years active 1995–2003 | Origin Denmark (1995) | |
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Albums Fantastic, Toy Ride, Travelin' Show, Stay Alive, We love to Sing, Millennium, Five Seconds To... Members Aneela Mirza, Amir El-Falaki Genres Pop music, Bubblegum dance, Eurodance Record labels Edel AG, INDEPENDENT, Toybox Records, Spin, Toybox Similar Aqua, Vengaboys, Smiledk, Jonny Jakobsen, Hit'n'Hide | ||
Toy box the sailor song official music video
Toy-Box was a Danish pop group, consisting of vocalists Anila Mirza and Amir El-Falaki. Mirza was born on October 8, 1974 in Hillerød, Denmark to a half-Pakistani, half-Iranian mother, and a Parsi father. El-Falaki was born August 12, 1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Moroccan parents. In 1999, they had some success in the Scandinavian music charts with a bubblegum dance song from their album Fantastic, named "Tarzan & Jane".
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Toy box tarzan jane official music video
History
"Tarzan & Jane" was championed by Smash Hits magazine in the United Kingdom 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 Tarzan. 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 UK Singles Chart, and plans to release "Tarzan & Jane" were cancelled. It reached the 2nd place in the Dutch hit lists). "Tarzan & Jane" reached #15 on the Eurochart Hot 100. In 1999 the song peaked at №16 on MTV Europe[3].
Toy-Box's first album, Fantastic, 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 included fan-favorite songs "www.girl", "Prince of Arabia" and "Wizard of Oz".
After the group broke up, El-Falaki worked as a dance teacher, music video choreographer and trainer to F.C. Copenhagen'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, Aneela said, "I don't know, anything's possible."
On November 13, 2012, Aneela announced via her Facebook page that new releases would not occur under Toy-Box name, as they were unable to reach an agreement with their label. However, Aneela did mention that it's possible Toy-Box could return under a new name in the near future.
Songs
Tarzan & JaneFantastic · 1999
The Sailor SongFantastic · 1999
Best FriendFantastic · 1999