Toto Guitarist Says He Tried to 'Be Friendly' with Rivers Cuomo After Weezer Covered 'Africa' but 'It Just Got Weird' "I don’t know about him loving the song, man," said Steve Lukather of Toto ...

Toto keyboardist Steve Porcaro – who departed the band in 2019 – echoed Lukather’s opinions, telling the publication that when he performed “Africa” with Weezer on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he ...

In 2018, in response to months of campaigning by an Ohio teenager named Mary, Weezer famously covered Toto’s 1983 chart-topping hit “Africa,” yielding a fun music video with Weird Al ...

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather insists things "got weird" with Weezer after their 'Africa' cover. The 'Buddy Holly' rockers had huge success with their rendition of the 1982 classic in 2018 ...

After some experimentation, they settled on two repeated measures from Toto ’s 1982 soft-rock hit “Africa” while Common’s percussionist Mark Colenburg laid down a beat that supported the ...

This is my take on the hit song by Toto, "Africa." Many wonder what this song actually means... I think I have figured it out. I am a huge fan of Toto. This editing job was not meant to be a ...

A 27-year-old artist in Namibia has set up a sound installation in an undisclosed location in the Namib Desert that is playing an endless loop of “Africa,” to “keep Toto going for all ...

Weezer's take on "Africa" appears on the band's 2019 Teal Album, a collection of covers that also features versions of TLC's "No Scrubs" and A-ha's "Take on Me," among other well-known songs.