Weezer’s biggest hit wasn’t theirs; their cover of Toto’s ’80s classic Africa became a surprise phenomenon for a new ...

In 2018 the bands exchanged cover versions, a move fired up by a Weezer fan who’d started an online campaign to have Cuomo’s group perform Toto’s signature track. The result was a surprise hit single ...

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 ...

Responding to requests on social media, Weezer have finally recorded Toto‘s “Africa” after fan campaign #WeezerCoverAfrica urged the rockers to tackle the ’80s hit. Listen to Weezer cover “Africa” (as ...

The band also boasts the chart's first No. 1 remake since 2004. By Kevin Rutherford Thirty-five years after Toto‘s “Africa” ruled the Billboard Hot 100, the song is back atop a Billboard chart, thanks ...

A Namibian artist named Max Siedentopf has assembled a sound installation in the Namib Desert of Africa to play the classic 1982 hit through a solar powered MP3 player and six speakers Everyone likes ...

More than 40 years after topping the Billboard Hot 100, Toto‘s “Africa” is still reaching new milestones: The 1983 No. 1 hit just surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube. “Africa” — Toto’s lone Hot 100 ...

A Cleveland-based metal band has recorded a version of Toto's "Africa," complete with a crunchy solo that rises like Olympus above the Serengeti. Affiance, who released their first EP in 2007, came ...

A few weeks ago, a movement to get Weezer to cover Toto’s timeless 1982 hit “Africa” came so tantalizingly close to achieving its goal. Weezer took note of the campaign and instead of playing the song ...

Somewhere in the world right now a dancefloor is being flooded with people because "Africa" by Toto just came on. "Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun." When it comes to hyping up a crowd, the song's ...

Somewhere, in an isolated desert location on the southern coast of Africa, a certain Toto song is playing to the vast emptiness. Over. And over. And over. Again. A German artist has set up a musical ...

If it takes a lot to drag you away from playing Toto's hit song Africa, then head to the world's oldest desert where it's set to play on loop for eternity. Namibian-German artist Max Siedentopf has ...