"Africa" is a song by rock band Toto. The song was included on their 1982 album Toto IV, and scored 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 and drummer Jeff Porcaro. David Paich sings both verses of the song. Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather and Paich sing the choruses.
Arguably Toto�s most recognizable song, �Africa� scored Number 1 on the Billboard Charts in February 1983. It was almost omitted from the Toto IV record prior to its release. Having spent a great amount of time producing the tune, the band became so tired of the song that they didn�t want it on the album. The song itself was very different from anything the band had done before, and some members felt that it didn�t sound like Toto.
�I didn�t think it was very good,� said Steve Lukather (Classic Rock Revisited, 2003). �That tells you what can happen when we pick our own singles!�
David Paich, who co-wrote the song with Jeff Porcaro, said that it �could have been the beginning of a solo project [for me] because it was so different. I thought I�d save it�[because] world music wasn�t around then.�
