Africa
Song by David Paich and Jeff PorcaroWikipedia
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Search complete. 41 mentions across 15 episodes found for "Africa".
Oct 15, 2026
SarahHOST
That's good.
Jennifer GraceGUEST
I like Africa.
MarkHOST
Yeah, Africa.
MarkHOST
Joanna.
SarahHOST
Yeah, Joanna.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
And they've got a couple other ones, but most of them.
speaker_7UNKNOWN
They do Africa?
speaker_5UNKNOWN
Uh-
speaker_7UNKNOWN
Did they do their cover or no?
speaker_5UNKNOWN
No, they did not do Africa.
speaker_7UNKNOWN
No?
speaker_5UNKNOWN
They did not do it.
Nate RohrHOST
[laughs]
Jack MitchellHOST
[laughs] DJ Dean says, "The Killer." Terry says, "Blinded By the Light." Jessica Re- Jessica says, "Africa." No.
Jack MitchellHOST
None of, none of those.
Jack MitchellHOST
None of those yet.
Graham OlsonHOST
And while that band's name may have been a nod to the dog from The Wizard of Oz, this song takes us pretty far from Kansas.
Graham OlsonHOST
Indeed, we're talking about Africa.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I hear the drums echoing tonight And she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation She's coming in 12.30 flight Moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salvation I stopped an old man along the way hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He turned to me as if to say, hurry boy, it's waiting there for you.
9 MINS LATER
Graham OlsonHOST
And at least among the Grammy awarding critics, Toto had gained some serious respect, because Rosanna would win Record of the Year award in 1983.
Graham OlsonHOST
But still, it wasn't Toto's biggest hit from the year before.
Graham OlsonHOST
No, that would be our song of the day, Africa.
Graham OlsonHOST
The song once again originated from the group's lead songwriter, David Paich, though drummer Jeff Porcaro contributed to this one as well.
Erin Schmidt-HelmHOST
say.
Benjamin Schmidt-HelmUNKNOWN
Africa.
Veronica RedmanHOST
Oh, duh.
Veronica RedmanHOST
Yeah, they danced to
Erin Schmidt-HelmHOST
Africa.
Veronica RedmanHOST
I have like a lot of random thoughts with this.
Veronica RedmanHOST
Please tell me.
DylanHOST
...
DylanHOST
the band which did Africa and ...
DylanHOST
but there's s- so much more to that back catalog.
DylanHOST
Like, there's so much more.
Danny KellyHOST
They're all great ones.
Craig HorlbeckHOST
So I got Africa.
Craig HorlbeckHOST
We mentioned Toto, Africa.
Craig HorlbeckHOST
I have that.
Danny KellyHOST
Toto's great.
Jackie WongHOST
And apparently Toto was a huge part of yacht rock.
Michelle EllisHOST
Well, at least she picked this song and not Africa.
Michelle EllisHOST
[laughs]
Jackie WongHOST
Somebody else did Africa.
Jackie WongHOST
I think it was-
Michelle EllisHOST
Oh, no.
Jackie WongHOST
I think, I think it was J-
Michelle EllisHOST
Oof
BrookeHOST
I could see that.
LanaHOST
Moving on to Jenna Dewan and Val Shmurkovsky doing Africa from Toto.
LanaHOST
And they're doing a samba.
BrookeHOST
It's
Rick GoingsGUEST
Her late husband died really young, but he started a band called Toto.
Rick GoingsGUEST
And so if you ever hear the most listened to song on Spotify ever is Africa, and Jeff wrote it.
Rick GoingsGUEST
Jeff died in his 30s.
Rick GoingsGUEST
I bring this up because...
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