Signature
key confidence medium · relative E major · tempo confidence high · double-time 184.6 · low end 40% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Sampled byChuck Person, [untitled]source
- Sampled byChuck Person, [untitled]source
- CoveredDave Winnelsource
- Written byDavid Paichsource
- CoveredFrog Leapsource
- CoveredGawr Gurasource
- CoveredHowie Daysource
- Sampled byJa Rule, Murder Reignssource
- Sampled byJa Rule, Murder Reignssource
- Written byJeff Porcarosource
- Sampled byJoJo, Anythingsource
- Sampled byJoJo, Anythingsource
- CoveredJoo Kraus & Tales in Tones Triosource
- CoveredKarumantasource
- CoveredKenny Mehlersource
- Sampled byNas, New Worldsource
- Sampled byNas, New Worldsource
- Sampled byNew Dreams Ltd., PSR41source
- Sampled byNew Dreams Ltd., PSR41source
- CoveredStraight No Chasersource
- CoveredSubAudible Humsource
- CoveredThe Countdown Singerssource
- CoveredThe Shadowssource
- CoveredWeezersource
Why it is here
- "Africa" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of February 5, 1983, and remains Toto's only US No. 1 single. source
- Toto was in the middle of a 32-date North American amphitheater tour with Christopher Cross and The Romantics that began July 15, 2026 in Bethel, NY, with "Africa" closing the band's setlist each night. source
- The song's catalog standing is documented by its RIAA Diamond certification and by the permanent solar-powered sound installation "Toto Forever," which artist Max Siedentopf set up in Namibia's Namib Desert to loop the track indefinitely. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.