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"Africa" is a song by American rock band Toto, the tenth and final track on their fourth studio album Toto IV (1982). It was the second single from the album released in Europe in June 1982 and the third in the United States in October 1982 through Columbia Records .
(Here are FORTY-TWO cover versions and 190 internet memes, if you feel like going down an “Africa” rabbit hole). ... “Africa” will of course always be Toto's signature song, but Porcaro ...
David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist, and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto since 1977.
Maximilian "Max" Siedentopf (born 27 June 1991) is a Namibian-German artist, designer, publisher and director. [1] [2] He is known for having set up an installation titled Toto Forever in the Namib Desert which consists of a ring of large white blocks atop of which sit six speakers attached to a solar-powered MP3 player configured to continuously play the 1982 song Africa by the American band ...
A series of solar powered speakers in an unspecified location in the Namib Desert will continue to play "Africa" indefinitely. “Africa” by Toto will play on loop in African desert “for all ...
Toto, stylized as TOTO, is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1977. Toto combines elements of pop , rock , soul , funk , hard rock , R&B , blues , and jazz . Having released 14 studio albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide, [ 2 ] the group has received several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians ...
Africa. Release date: April 14, 2003; Label: Columbia — — — — — — — — — The Essential Toto. Release date: September 30, 2003; Label: Columbia — 2 18 56 — — — — — IFPI NOR: Gold [26] 2005 Rosanna – The Very Best of Toto. Release date: February 14. 2005; Label: Columbia — 127 70 159 53 160 100 87 37 2007 The Very ...
The song was the band's highest-ever charting Mainstream Rock track, eventually peaking at number 7. It was also a top 40 single in Australia, where it remains the fourth highest charting single by Toto, behind only "Hold the Line", "Rosanna", and "Africa". The song was written by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro, and features Paich on lead vocals.