Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. MILAN, ITALY - MARCH 10: Steve Lukather (L) and Joseph Williams (R) ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weezer’s cover of Toto’s perennial favorite “Africa” undoubtedly became one of the band’s biggest successes, but Toto guitarist ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 40 years after topping the Billboard Hot 100, Toto‘s “Africa” is still reaching new milestones: The 1983 No. 1 hit just ...

“Walked into CVS and forgot to pick up my antidepressants because ‘Africa’ by Toto was playing and I completely forgot about my mental illness.” “My killer: Any last words? Me: Alexa, play ‘Africa’ by ...

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 ...

In a parallel universe, Toto’s epochal No. 1 hit “Africa” might not have existed. The Grammy Award-winning rock band’s fourth album, “Toto IV,” was done. Until Toto co-founder, keyboardist and singer ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — I'm not entirely sure how it happened, though I do know the good folks at Pride of Detroit are to blame. No matter the genesis, the song "Africa" by the 1980s rock band Toto has become sort ...

Toto fans woke up yesterday to the news that the band was re-forming exactly one year after announcing an indefinite hiatus. “There is a refreshing, optimistic enthusiasm to step in to the future,” ...