Despite being inspired by a place its songwriter had never actually seen, a 1982 hit became a global phenomenon and remains ...

David Paich had never been to Africa when he wrote "Africa." Instead, Paich, keyboardist and main songwriter of Toto, based "Africa" on whatever impressions of the continent he'd gotten from UNICEF ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Weezer – best known for their straight-ahead rock and power-pop sound – cut Toto’s “Africa” in 2018, a lot of people took it as a joke, until they really listened to how well the band performed ...

When it comes to timeless soft rock anthems, few songs have endured quite like "Africa" by Toto. More than four decades after its release, the dreamy 1982 hit has officially claimed the top spot on ...

Namibia-born artist Max Siedentopf's desert art installation plays the '80s anthem on loop somewhere in the desert. Max Siedentopf, Toto Forever (2019), a installation playing Toto's hit 1982 song ...

It was a No. 1 hit — and it's notoriously a little odd. Toto's Steve Lukather has some mixed feelings about the band's 1982 song, "Africa." Lukather, 67, opened about the creation of the song and its ...

MILAN, ITALY - MARCH 10: Steve Lukather (L) and Joseph Williams (R) of Toto perform on stage at Mediolanum Forum of Assago on March 10, 2018 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty ...

Toto scored four Top 10 hits, but "Africa" remains the band's lone chart-topper, a concert sing-along staple and their signature song. "I'm sure [Weezer frontman] Rivers [Cuomo] was like, This is a ...

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 ...

Social media watchdogs can still hear the drums of “Africa” echoing from Sunday night. British actor Daniel Kaluuya and American singer H.E.R., who both won big at last year’s Academy Awards, appeared ...