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"Africa" is a song by American rock band Toto, the tenth and final track on their fourth studio album Toto IV (1982). It was the second single from the album released in Europe in June 1982 and the third in the United States in October 1982 through Columbia Records .
A Spanish Version "Africa" exists by Joe Dassin; A French Version "L'ete indien" exists by Joe Dassin; A Hungarian version "Indián nyár" exists by Kati Kovács, lyrics Iván Bradányi; A Finnish version "Kuusamo" exists by Danny, lyrics Juha Vainio; A Greek version "Όνειρα" ("Dreams") exists, by Dakis and later Teris Chrisos, lyrics by ...
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.
“From day one, this song was a strange bird. And then, over the years, there’s always been these versions creeping in. Choirs doing it. A duo from a bar somewhere, absolutely killing it.
An accompanying music video for "Toto" was uploaded to the official YouTube channel of Noizy on 15 June 2018. [3] [4] In March 2019, Noizy was invited as special guest to perform the single live during a concert of RAF Camora and German rapper Bonez MC at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
The song lyrics were written primarily in English, but Richie has admitted in at least one press interview that "African" lyrics in the song, such as "Tam bo li de say de moi ya" and "Jambo jumbo", were in fact gibberish. [7]
"Pamela" is a song written by David Paich and Joseph Williams and performed by Toto for the 1988 Toto album The Seventh One. It was the first US single from the album, peaking at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their final US hit to date. [2] It also reached #9 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
40 Trips Around the Sun is a greatest hits album by American rock band Toto, released on February 9, 2018.The album was released in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Toto's self-titled debut album (1978).