Background Africa

• Africa is a song recorded by American rock band Toto in 1981 for their fourth studio album titled Toto IV. It is a soft rock love song with features of African music
• the song was written by band members David Paich (1954-) and Jeff Porcaro (1954-1992)
• Africa was released as the third single from the album on September 30th 1982 through Colombia Records. It reached number 1 in America for a single week on Feb 5th 1983. It achieved top 10 in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland
• in 2012, Africa was listed by music magazine NME in 32nd place on its list of '50 most explosive choruses'