Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You know the story, but if you don't, here's a refresher: A teenage Weezer fan named Mary based in Ohio ran a viral campaign in ...

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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 ...

With the Yacht Rock revival in full swing, it was only a matter of time before someone tackled a cover of Toto’s “Africa,” the 1982 hit written by David Paich and the late Jeff Porcaro, inspired by a ...

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 ...

With all the talk of “song of the summer,” one of the lowkey contenders has to be Weezer’s surprise smash “Africa,” their cover of the classic Toto song. The tune managed to top the charts at alt ...

When Weezer – best known for their straight-ahead rock and power-pop sound – cut Toto’s “Africa” in 2018, a lot of people took it as a joke, until they really listened to how well the band performed ...

This meme is getting out of control. With Weezer scoring their biggest hit in a decade by covering Toto’s “Africa,” the band went full tilt by bringing ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic onstage to jam the song on ...

Last month, Weezer bowed to the pressure of one very determined 14-year-old Clevelander with a Twitter account and released, of all things, a cover of Toto’s “Africa.” The original song, released in ...

“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 ...

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, ...

Originally filed Tuesday, August 7, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog In one of the most unlikely radio cover hits of recent vintage, Weezer's ironically faithful cover of ...