How does Weezer's Rivers Cuomo feel about "Africa" by Toto? Over six years after the "Island in the Sun" band released a cover of "Africa" in response to an internet campaign and subsequently earned ...
Toto guitarist Steve Lukather insists things "got weird" with Weezer after their 'Africa' cover. The 'Buddy Holly' rockers had huge success with their rendition of the 1982 classic in 2018 following a ...
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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 Yankovic and ...
Toto’s “Africa” is officially having another moment. The 1982 yacht rock favorite just re-entered Billboard’s Global 200 chart, peaking at No. 198 this week, and even landed at No. 156 on the Global ...
Toto had a handful of hits in the 1970s and 1980s but was never considered among the top echelon of arena rock acts of that era along the lines of Journey, Styx and Foreigner. Yet two factors have ...
The 1982 track was the band's only No. 1 hit — but has been widely criticized for its confusing lyrics Rob Verhorst/Redferns It was a No. 1 hit — and it’s notoriously a little odd. Toto’s Steve ...