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 ...

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 ...

The Academy Awards later played Madonna's 'La Isla Bonita' for Stephanie Beatriz. "Honestly, how in the hell is this happening?" By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large For an awards ceremony trying to be as ...

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 ...

Everybody likes “Africa” by Toto. It’s one of those ubiquitous songs that you catch on the radio every now and then - almost as if the DJ turns to you as if to say “hurry boy, it’s waiting there for ...

Here's something fun for your weekend listening pleasure: Toto's Africa being played in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Created by YouTuber Bigfatfrown, the video features him playing various ...

Weezer had a smash hit with their cover of Toto's "Africa" and it worked out well for both bands in the end, but what does Toto guitarist Steve Lukather really think about how the whole thing went ...

Released in 1982, “Africa” was written by Toto members David Paich and Jeff Porcaro and eventually became the band’s biggest commercial success. The track climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in ...

Artists "Steve Lukather said: ‘I can’t stand it.’ He got 90% of the publishing rights, so he can’t have been that mad!": How Roger Sanchez turned an '80s Toto ballad into a 2001 dance anthem Artists ...