Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"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 .
“From day one, this song was a strange bird. And then, over the years, there’s always been these versions creeping in. Choirs doing it. A duo from a bar somewhere, absolutely killing it.
The single, the first from Toto IV, set the stage for the album's enormous multi-platinum success. "Rosanna" went to No. 2 on Billboard 's Hot 100 and won four Grammys, including Record of the Year.
Jean-Michel Byron (born Jean-Michel Byron DuPlessis) is a South African-born funk and rock vocalist. The singer-songwriter is best known for serving for a time as the lead vocalist for the rock band Toto for new material on their first greatest hits album, Past to Present, [1] as well as the band's Greatest Hits Live...and More project.
Perpetuum Jazzile is a Slovenian musical group best known for an a cappella version of Toto rock band's song Africa.The May 2009 video showing a live performance of this version has received close to 22 million views on YouTube.
Past to Present 1977–1990 is the first compilation album by Toto, released in 1990. It contains nine hit songs from the band's first seven albums, and four new songs recorded with new singer Jean-Michel Byron. According to the band, it was Toto's record label Columbia who proposed the band work with Byron. Ultimately the band was not happy ...
Before that many touring members had sung the song on Toto's live concerts. [ 6 ] For their live album, Falling in Between Live and final concerts, Toto performed a semi jazz version of the song. Since Williams's return in 2010, "Stop Loving You" has since appeared on 35th Anniversary Tour and 40 Trips Around the Sun , two live albums released ...
Africa (Weezer cover) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 20 September 2024 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Africa (Toto song). The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.