The Weezer-doing-"Africa" saga continues! Back in May, after a viral campaign (and after covering another Toto song), Weezer caved and released their version of "Africa," the grand and sweeping kitsch ...

“The blessings don’t stop,” wrote Weezer in the comments section of their latest gift to us all: a music video for the band’s cover of Toto’s “Africa,” starring “Weird Al” Yankovic. Now, Weezer have ...

What started out as one determined fan’s quest to get Weezer to cover Toto’s classic song “Africa” has turned into this year’s most unlikely phenomenon. What could have been a simple novelty has ...

Eight months after scoring a surprise hit with their fan-demanded rendition of Toto’s “Africa,” Weezer surprise-released a full covers LP, Weezer (The Teal Album). The record is out now via Crush ...

Back in May, the rock band Weezer released a cover of the song "Africa," which was a hit back in 1983 for the yacht rock band Toto. Weezer's rendition of "Africa," which has a very unique origin story ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “Weird Al” Yankovic joined Weezer on stage to perform their popular cover of Toto’s “Africa,” and ...

Weezer have something to celebrate— their cover of “Africa” by Toto just went certified Gold. In case you forgot how we got here, let’s have a refresher on why the band covered the song in the first ...

Weezer had a smash hit with their cover of Toto‘s “Africa” and it worked out well for both bands in the end, but what does ...

When Weezer’s 2018 cover of Toto’s “Africa” earned the band its biggest Hot 100 smash since 2005 (and hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart), singer Rivers Cuomo marked the occasion in his ...

In 2018 the bands exchanged cover versions, a move fired up by a Weezer fan who’d started an online campaign to have Cuomo’s group perform Toto’s signature track. The result was a surprise hit single ...

Surprise! Weezer has just dropped an entire album of covers including hits from Toto, Michael Jackson, a-ha and TLC. Weezer’s rendition of “Africa” by Toto was such a huge hit with music fans in 2018, ...