Africa

About Africa

The song was included on their 1982 album Toto IV, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1983 and number three on the UK Singles Chart the same month. The song was written by the band's keyboardist David Paich, who also sings both verses of the song, and drummer Jeff Porcaro. Bobby Kimball sings the chorus. The song almost cut from the Toto IV record prior to its release. Having spent an incredible amount of time producing the tune, the band became so tired of the song that they didn’t want it on the album. .

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About this song

Credited to

TOTO

Album

Stranger Things (Soundtrack from the Netflix Original Series) · Track 16 of 27

Released

October 27, 2017

Duration

4:56

Ranking

#1 most played TOTO track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

2,231,999 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Stranger Things (Soundtrack from the Netflix Original Series)