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Africa by Totoogg
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"" is a song by
'80s Rock band
Toto . The song's catchy chorus is a
Metaphor for how much the writer loves his female partner, hence "It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do / I bless the rains down in Africa". The song was included on their
1982 album ''
Toto IV '', and reached number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1983. The song was written by the band's keyboardist
David Paich , who also sings both verses of the song, and drummer
Jeff Porcaro .
Bobby Kimball sings the chorus.
- This song was featured on the 2002 as part of the Power Ballads radio station Emotion 98.3 .
- This song is commonly covered by Virginia Coalition during their live shows.
- This song has been covered by Umphrey's McGee during their live shows.
- This song has been a popular cover for A Cappella groups.
- The song has also been covered by singer-songwriters Olivia Lufkin (in her 2001 single, Sea Me ) and Howie Day .
- The song was extensively used for the South African Castle Lager marketing campaign.
- American rapper Nas used a sample from the track "Africa" in his song "New World".
- American rapper Ja Rule used a sample from the track "Africa" in his song "Murder Reigns".
- American rapper Xzibit used a sample from the track "Africa" in his song "Heart of Man".
- American singer JoJo used a sample from the track "Africa" in her song " Anything ".
- Marcus Levin used a sample from the track "Africa" in "Take Me Away".
- The Lawrence University Great Midwest Trivia Contest has used Africa for the past several contests as sort of theme song for the contest -- one of the triviamasters was never able to get it played when he was playing, so when he became grandmaster, he played it almost nonstop. They have featured several versions of it, including playing it backwards, backwards and forwards mixed together, and claimed to have hidden subliminal answers in the music.
- This song was featured in Scrubs (TV Series) , in the beginning of the episode My Way Home .
