Rank SinatraStart voting
▶ Listen and vote
Song tier list
Africa
TOTO
?No votes yet. Be the first to rank it.
Vote on this song
- Album
- Toto IV
- Released
- 1982
- Genres
- yacht rock, soft rock
- Length
- 4:55
- Tempo
- 93 BPM
- Label
- Columbia
▶ Listen and vote
About this song
Africa is the third single from Toto's 1982 album Toto IV. It became the group's most popular song and reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 in early 1983.
What it's about
The song is a heartfelt, somewhat fantastical portrait of Africa's beauty, with the continent embodied in a female figure referenced throughout. The narrator is a social worker who falls in love with the country and wants to do good there.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 53 other songs, like “Selfish (Tomorrowland 2013 Aftermovie Remix) by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Era Istrefi”.
- Covered 30 times, including “Africa by Yacht Rock Revue”.
- Written by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro.
- Produced by Toto.
- Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders.