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 Description: Sungha Jung 2nd Album Irony now availble at .sunghajung. Sungha plays Africa arranged by Andy Mckee. Africa is a song by rock band Toto. The song was included on their 1982 album Toto IV and reached 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 bands keyboardist Dd Paich and drummer Jeff Porcaro. Dd Paich sings both verses of the song while Bobby Kimball sings lead briefly during the chorus and at the end. Steve Lukather Bobby and Paich all sing backup as well. One of Totos most recognisable songs Africa was almost omitted from the Toto IV record prior to its release. Hng spent a great amount of time producing it the band became so tired of the song that they didnt want it on the album. The song itself was very different from anything the band had done before and some members felt that it didnt sound like Toto. I didnt think it was very good said Steve Lukather Classic Rock Revisited 2003. That tells you what can happen when we pick our own singles! Dd Paich who cowrote 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 Id save it...because world music wasnt around then.