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Toto responded on August 9, 2018, by releasing a cover of Weezer's 2001 single "Hash Pipe", after debuting it in concert a week prior. [86] [87] Weezer released a music video of their "Africa" cover in September 2018, styled as a parody of the video for their earlier single "Undone – The Sweater Song."
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 50 million records worldwide, [ 2 ] the group has received several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians ...
The music video (filmed in black and white and directed by Steve Barron) and lyrics to the song are based on the film Whistle Down the Wind, about an escaped convict who runs into a group of children that mistake him for Jesus. [4] Actor Brad Dourif plays the convict, and new member Fergie Frederiksen appears as a murder victim. [4]
Patrick Swayze was also uncredited as a dancer in the music video and he and Rhodes would both star in the movie Dirty Dancing. [20] Despite not playing on the actual recording, new bassist Mike Porcaro (brother of Jeff and Steve) appears in the video, as original Toto bass player David Hungate left before the video was made.
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.
The song was written as a tribute to George Lucas's film THX 1138, and the music video resembles a scene in the movie. [3] [1] [4]In the video, as in the movie scene where the main character (named "THX 1138" and nicknamed "Thex") is imprisoned, the room is completely white and all wear white jumpsuits. [5]
However, Lukather, 67, isn't sure how Cuomo actually feels about "Africa." In a new interview on Matt Pinfield’s KLOS radio show New & Approved, the guitar player said, "I don’t know about him ...
"I'll Be Over You" is a hit single by the American rock band Toto. Released as the lead single from their 1986 album, Fahrenheit , the song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986. Lead vocals were sung by guitarist Steve Lukather , who co-wrote the song with hit songwriter Randy Goodrum (one of several collaborations between ...