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Unreferenced|date=December 2009 Midi, Maxi & Efti was a Sweden|Swedish musical group with African influences from the early 1990s. Their two biggest hits were " Bad Bad Boys " and " Ragga Steady ".
The band consisted of the two twin sisters Midi and Maxi Berhanu and their friend Freweyni "Efti" Teclehaimanot , all of them born in 1976. Midi and Maxi were refugees from Ethiopia and came to Sweden with their parents in 1985. Efti was born in a refugee camp in Eritrea and also arrived in Sweden in 1985. The three girls met in the Stockholm suburb of Akalla .
Their self-titled album was released in 1991 and spawned three singles, "Bad Bad Boys", "Ragga Steady" and " Masenqo|Masenko ". Although the girls contributed lyrics, most of the Africa-inspired songs were in fact composed and produced by the men behind Army of Lovers – Alexander Bard , Anders Wollbeck and Per Adebratt , assisted by E-type and Stakka Bo . Styling was done by Jean-Pierre Barda and Camilla Thulin .
In 1992, the album was released in the U.S. by Columbia Records , and a video was made for "Ragga Steady", directed by Frank Sacramento . The band split up after a few short tours of the U.S., South Africa and France .
Their songs have been featured in the TV series Beavis and Butthead and the movies For Love or Money (1993 film)|For Love or Money (starring Michael J. Fox ) and Untamed Heart . The members have since recorded songs separately, but nothing has been released.
Category:Swedish pop music groups Category:Swedish house music groups Category:Swedish people of Ethiopian descent
