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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 .
“Africa” will of course always be Toto's signature song, but Porcaro hopes that their other material will also connect with their new, younger audience. A 13-disc Toto boxed set, ...
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.
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 ...
A Spanish Version "Africa" exists by Joe Dassin; A French Version "L'ete indien" exists by Joe Dassin; A Hungarian version "Indián nyár" exists by Kati Kovács, lyrics Iván Bradányi; A Finnish version "Kuusamo" exists by Danny, lyrics Juha Vainio; A Greek version "Όνειρα" ("Dreams") exists, by Dakis and later Teris Chrisos, lyrics by ...
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.
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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.