With the recent announcement of their upcoming tour, it's been widely touted that Toto's 1982 yacht-rock tune 'Africa' might be a contender for the Best Song Ever. And whether you love it or loathe it ...

Weezer had a smash hit with their cover of Toto's "Africa" and it worked out well for both bands in the end, but what does Toto guitarist Steve Lukather really think about how the whole thing went ...

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There was a whole thing back in the simpler time of 2018, when a social media campaign on the platform then known as Twitter had one sole purpose: convincing Weezer to cover Toto's "Africa." ...

Toto's fourth studio album Toto IV was released in 1982. In 1982, Africa was released as the third single from the album through Columbia Records. It reached number one in America in 1983 and also ...

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Weezer covered Toto's "Africa" in 2018, but Steve Lukather thinks the song's unexpected success "blew up" in the band's face. By Tyler Jenke Weezer‘s cover of Toto‘s perennial favorite ...

Weezer’s cover of Toto’s perennial favorite “Africa” undoubtedly became one of the band’s biggest successes, but Toto guitarist Steve Lukather isn’t sure the reasons behind the cover ...

In 2018, in response to months of campaigning by an Ohio teenager named Mary, Weezer famously covered Toto’s 1983 chart-topping hit “Africa,” yielding a fun music video with Weird Al ...

Virtually everything about Weezer covering Toto’s “Africa” was strange, from the social media campaign that sparked the cover in the first place to the music video starring Weird Al Yankovic ...