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In December 2017, Twitter user "@WeezerAfrica," run by 14-year-old Cleveland, Ohio resident Mary Klym, [78] tweeted, "@RiversCuomo it's about time you bless the rains down in Africa." The band released a cover of "Rosanna," a different Toto song (also from the album Toto IV), in order to troll Klym and those clamoring for a version of "Africa ...
Toto IV earned six Grammy Awards, including "Record of the Year" for "Rosanna", "Album of the Year" for Toto IV and "Producer of the Year". At the time Steve Porcaro was dating actress Rosanna Arquette, but the song is not about her, according to writer David Paich. [18] In the music video for the song, Cynthia Rhodes plays the title character.
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.
Hop online and you’ll find an “Africa” bot randomly tweeting the song’s lyrics and www.ibless.therains.downin.africa, a site that broadcasts the “Africa” music video on a constant loop.
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.
Dorothy actually says 'Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.' 'The Silence of the Lambs' If you've always thought Hannibal Lecter greets Clarice by saying 'Hello, Clarice,' we've got ...
Hydra is the second studio album by American rock band Toto, released in 1979. [6] It reached No. 37 on the Billboard Pop Albums. [7] While most of the album's singles failed to make any impact in the charts, "99", a song inspired by the 1971 science fiction movie THX 1138, [8] reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.