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Africa (Weezer cover) " Africa " is a cover version of Toto 's popular 1982 song, as performed by American rock band Weezer. The cover was released as a single on May 29, 2018, and later included on Weezer's self-titled 12th studio album, nicknamed the Teal Album .
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". [73] Weezer finally released "Africa" on May 29, 2018. It was the band's first Hot 100 hit since "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" in 2009. [74] "
Following the release of Weezer's eleventh album Pacific Daydream, an Internet fan campaign was launched to get Weezer to cover "Africa" by Toto. After initially releasing a cover of "Rosanna", a different Toto song, as a joke, Weezer released their "Africa" cover in May 2018. [5] The cover hit the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number one on ...
Porcaro took a 27-year-break from Toto but rejoined in 2010 — just as “Africa” was starting to take on a new life in the digital age. (Here are FORTY-TWO cover versions and 190 internet ...
Rosanna (song) " Rosanna " is a song written by David Paich and performed by the American rock band Toto, the opening track and the first single from their 1982 album Toto IV. This song won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 1983 ceremony. "Rosanna" was also nominated for the Song of the Year award.
Self-consciously nerdy in an era of scuzzy post-grunge bluster, 1994's crisp and witty "Weezer" — soon to be known as the Blue Album because of its cover (and the fact that the band kept naming ...
From left to right: Brian Bell, Scott Shriner, Patrick Wilson, and Rivers Cuomo. This is a list of every song ever released by American rock band Weezer. It gives information about songwriter(s), original release, and year of release. It contains all the songs of the previously released albums, singles and EPs, and all B-sides.
Two days later, on August 10, Toto responded by releasing a cover of Weezer's single "Hash Pipe". [168] "Africa" eventually peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. [15] The success of the "Africa" cover led Weezer to record an album of covers, the Teal Album, a surprise album released on January 24, 2019.