Toto - Africa (Lyrics)

[@7clouds]

Have you ever been to Africa? If not, would you like to go visit it?

[@JosiahHenry7]

Most definitely

[@achrafkintana4882]

Moroco 🇲🇦

[@AI_Nerd]

yes I would like to visit

[@cyberiscool_]

Ofc

[@only_if1231]

Hum aukaat me rehte hai🙂🙂

[@YoMateo.]

Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen

[@ilikeships9333]

I hope you stop spamming this comment to get 5 year olds to subscribe to you please and thank you.😊

[@theokman399]

Bot

[@aunteemabs]

thank you!

[@angelrivera1863]

Thanks

[@markjimbertcabalo3342]

Thank you ❤️

[@tamarabrunozzi8482]

This is what the world is missing today. These songs!!!

[@tayyoung8002]

Only too true.

[@zombiefanatic3810]

I'm early 90s baby I'm sure I was meant to be born n the 70s I like all gennres of music when comes to 70s rock and rap

[@francoo.m.]

Com'è vero!!

[@zombiefanatic3810]

@@francoo.m. Where from Africa u from monkey

[@Iwanttoblowmybrainsoutrn]

Now, people are calling this song racist 🙄

[@sumeetbeniwal6365]

My grandpa absolutely loved this song and would play it a lot. He sadly passed away 4 years ago. I really miss him. This song reminds me of him. R.I.P. Grandpa.

[@hawaali4115]

Bless you!

[@TraPortal007]

Now make your dream come true. Do it for him!! Let’s get it

[@marilynbaez6291]

😢sorry to hear he passed away

[@sumeetbeniwal6365]

@@marilynbaez6291 thanks. I have gotten over it but i Still think of him every day

[@cheeseknife3593]

⁠@@sumeetbeniwal6365I know how it feels it. I lost my dédé (grandpa) 4 years ago too. It one of worst days of my life, and I still haven’t gotten over it. It felt like it was yesterday.

[@805fillmore]

One of the rare 10/10 songs. Classic.

[@veeherreraJanecka]

Agree 110%

[@merryarista6096]

agree too❤

[@nicksmithnutmilk]

11/10*

[@suptumberlumbertumberlumbe9305]

@@nicksmithnutmilk You are probably the same kind of person who also thinks teens and young adults still jumping in a empty bouncy castle sometimes is okay too

[@dickjohnson5211]

Closer to 9.7

[@rockylatham1849]

I found my Africa right here in the USA, she is a nurse from Ghana. This song has always been one of my favorites!!!!

[@MagicWandn]

congratulations :D

[@knowledgeseeker2461]

As an African i love this song. I bless the rains down in Africa ❤

[@PedroCampos-r1j]

Jungle man Jungle girl.

[@MamaKalash]

A couple of years ago, I played this song for my late son. I told him that I remember it being on the radio in the 1980s. He LOVED this song, and it instantly became a favorite of his. He put it on his play list. I think of him whenever they play it at work.

[@karenlachance8081]

In spirit too , I know he's listening ❣️🙏 Such a fantastic song ❣️

[@karenlachance8081]

THANKYOU, I play this song for my son whos i

[@northgps]

What a good way to remember him. Blessings!❤

[@danielimanah8681]

❤So sorry dear 😢

[@kellymcmillen3643]

I just said to my husband, why is this song so good!?? 41 years! And no one is ever mad about hearing it! So good

[@jcloud147]

Lol we actually have to sing do do do do bah in chorus we singing it right now that's how I learned this song

[@wandayoung5904]

Yes, we are always glad to hear it... they don't treat them like they are Nickleback LOL! (I luv Nickleback though)

[@Ilovephilcollen]

its toto, theyve never made a bad song

[@hello-sz7hp]

I'm your fetus.. 😬😬😬I'm your fire.. 😬😬😬

[@andrewmichleski3649]

We as gen X know this song. I have been to Africa..

[@chukaobiadi8118]

As an African this song is addictive. Heard it in the while driving, cant really stop now. Lifts your spirit. ❤

[@shaneilellis9832]

Man can I tell you, every year I listen to it.

[@CockneyRebel1979]

Have ya blessed the rains down in Africa yet?

[@AlephSix66]

IM YOUR 100TH LIKE

[@PaulYount-j2h]

Wild dogs cry in the night, it's all the same ❤️

[@PedroCampos-r1j]

Jokkkke jokes.

[@ericapadilha634]

Hoje acordei ouvindo essa música, e não estava tocando em lugar algum. Passei a manhã esperando um tempo para ouvi-la. Escutava ela quando me preparava para o vestibular há 6 anos, e em dezembro me formo na faculdade. Lembranças boas essa música me trás❤

[@CarmenHernandez-vl2mh]

❤🎉

[@ohgodyt788]

What the fuck

[@waynedobson7094]

Just a brilliant song, love the harmonies. Cant expect anything less from a brilliant bunch of musicians. Sadly some are no longer with us.

[@lori5939]

1:16

[@maroonmaroonmaroon2985]

Very alarming

[@matthewmitcham5218]

Yeah they were great

[@SweetieGacha777]

Yes

[@jacks1368]

There was an actual study of harmonic theory that concluded that this was, mathematically, the best song ever made.

[@ziolo1098]

80s music is fire

[@lonhro12]

oh fuckin' yeah.....😘😘

[@IdealMadhav]

Do you have any other suggestions like this song?

[@Rebairdo101]

No one cares

[@Nonsensical58]

@@Rebairdo101GET OUTTTTTT

[@BeardedGinger]

@@IdealMadhav This is a rare song of the 80's. Round this time it was wasp, priest, aldo nova, etc. Was a vey good time music wise.

[@vivien-p2o]

no matter what you doing or where you are this song just makes you happy such a classic. i am 12 btw but i love 70s-90s music just like my mom!

[@weakestbangladeshfan4735]

I’m reporting you

[@vivien-p2o]

@@weakestbangladeshfan4735 for?

[@jackmoss6268]

70-80s best generation alongside 2010s

[@JamieWaterson177]

@@weakestbangladeshfan4735 why

[@Joeh_]

Same, and people in my grade look at me weird when I say I like these songs

[@MoTheAverageGamer]

“Gonna take some time to do the things we never had”. Wise advice from a pure classic.

[@jacintolavastida1362]

YES

[@PoetSuigeneris]

This song "Africa" is not merely a classic but timeless.

[@GoosFrabaaa]

He's right you know

[@Rebairdo101]

No one cares

[@pedrohenriquesoares4928]

Are you gay? ​@@Rebairdo101

[@Rebairdo101]

@@pedrohenriquesoares4928 Yeah?

[@sandrag.3498]

I love and respect the African people, humble people, with a good heart, happy people who are contagious with their joy and I am proud to have great friends from this beautiful continent. Especially from Senegal 🇸🇳 and Nigeria 🇳🇬 and from South Africa .🇿🇦 too. ❤ I am from Colombia! 🇨🇴

[@oxxal7357]

Don't fuck them.

[@KyomukamaSusan-h4q]

Visit Uganda 🇺🇬🇺🇬 too dear.

[@gisellef9274]

I am from South❤Africa! ❤

[@onipeluola5453]

Love from 🇳🇬

[@paulamiller6109]

Go to Mauritania... not quite what you'd expect. No concept of a social contract, no democracy, authoritarian government, and slavery is still an entrenched fact of life. Be careful what you romanticize.

[@andreaware4526]

The '80s was a great time for songs

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

I agree! There are some modern bangers for sure, but the 80s?? 10/10. Idk maybe it was all the cocaine 😂

[@Luis-du4ov]

Really... for sure we can tell that...

[@jessicamackinnon2115]

and the 90s

[@avengerslevelthreat8099]

@@jessicamackinnon2115I was never alive during the 80s and 90s but them song’s are fire asf

[@melina8207]

I can still hear the waluigi version of this song

[@winnifredandwati9164]

April 2024, Kenya, East Africa, and it's actually raining 🥰🌧️I bless the rain🙏🏾 absolutely love this song !❤

[@RobKnoop-c7x]

Oct 1986, Kenya.., know the feeling

[@ILOVEMUSIC4EVERYEAHH]

the vibe of this song is unreal

[@benjsimw2175]

I'm proud to be an African 🇿🇲🇿🇲

[@parisjful]

Me too

[@matthewthompson7012]

Technically, aren't we all?

[@justinwarfare4555]

Why did I read this with the melody going in my head using this as the verse 😂

[@anomalous-baldy]

I’m a white guy in the heart of the United States, my wife is from Ghana. The line “Hurry boy she’s waiting there for you” has a very different meaning for me than what was intended. I love this song ❤

[@aidangolembiewski1225]

I'm Biracial.

[@Przda09]

This song just shouts happy,positive,nostalgic vibes😊

[@robotinik0]

This song almost brings tears to my eyes. It's so beautiful.

[@whitewhitewhite2446]

Piral.. Piral.. (Like SPIRAAAALL)

[@dudeboye5616]

We're two now

[@whitewhitewhite2446]

@@dudeboye5616 dididi.. didi quite 2 (bac and forth wilbs)

[@QF_Dan72]

@@dudeboye5616 three now

[@sandralavoluble]

Four now

[@malzz5]

my mom's on her way to a concert of this band right now for her birthday, can't say i blame her for liking the music

[@sheila-wn7cn]

One of my favourite songs. I never get tired of listening to it. Yes I’ve been to Africa.

[@kenjihirata9961]

Did you take some time to do the things you never had?

[@LucyLovettLestrange]

This song always makes me feel happy when it plays on the radio

[@flavianavelymendoncavieira4996]

Me too❤

[@TraPortal007]

Emotion

[@vera6417]

Beautiful song, gives me vibes full of memories... 🥰

[@MarkLester-to4fu]

Imagine playing this song while you are driving your new dream car at coastal side as the sun rises and you are hitting the beautiful roads 🛣️

[@Rebairdo101]

No one cares

[@marynjeri2585]

Great.

[@beverlychikwanah3688]

My Dad s favorite song continue to rest in peace Dad love you and miss you so much whenever I miss you I listen to this song

[@IAmNotEnteringMyNameInHere]

😢❤

[@robynhawkins48]

I'm proud to be an African American who loves Toto sincerely

[@stephensnell5707]

That is impossible You can't be both at the same time

[@vecna2611]

​@@stephensnell5707 technically you can if you have dual citizenship

[@frankmathews]

@@stephensnell5707 😂😂😂😂

[@stephensnell5707]

@@vecna2611 there is no such thing as that in life

[@vecna2611]

@@stephensnell5707 tell that to my neighbor, who is a dual citizen of Holland and the US. If a non citizen marries a US citizen, they are eligible for a greencard. She has to go back to Holland periodically, but she's technically a dual citizen

[@59771006]

Number of people who have blessed the rains down in Africa 👇

[@voltaire9176]

Like beggar👆

[@mythicking1614]

What does that mean? Can you explain it to me please. (I really wont to konw, but English is not my 1. Language)

[@mythicking1614]

@@voltaire9176 I understand that, but words "Blessed the rains in Africa" thoes it have some "deep meaning" you know or is it just literal meaning. You know metaphor or sth Like that? (I hope you understand my question)

[@voltaire9176]

@@mythicking1614 ooooohhhhh my bad completely misunderstood you😅 I'm afraid I don't quite know, hopefully someone can give you an answer👍(also I'm going to delete my previous reply since it didn't answer your question at all)

[@mythicking1614]

@@voltaire9176Google gave me this answer: "In the Toto song “bless the rains” can be viewed as being both being literally thankful for the blessing of rain in a drought, and figuratively thankful for the blessing of time spent with their loved one, which is as fulfilling as rain in a drought" just what I was looking for😅 idk why I was curious about that meaning ("Blessed the rains down in Africa")

[@pamelabell4981]

Some of the best harmony ever!

[@shardulsharkgawde2873]

GTA vice City introduced me to the most beautiful songs I've ever heard as a kid...i still listen to them when I'm alone...Emotions 98.3 ❤️

[@Remindyaimkinda]

Omg same😭😭

[@derykmace8909]

This took me back to Kenya in 1985.God bless the Kenyan people. You gave me some special memories.

[@camrynkearschner599]

My dad has Been to Africa! We played this same song during this scavenger hunt and we surprised him that he was going to Africa and clime Kilimanjaro!! It was awesome and I heard it on the way to school today and I had to play it again! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@heidimurphy1379]

As a Toto fan myself, I can agree that my rains have been blessed

[@juliedavies3879]

This song is like amazing bro i have had this on repeat like 50 times now it calms me down no matter if im angry, sad, annoyed and happy thank you so much for making this song.❤

[@deatharrow1994]

You're an addict if you played this 50 times

[@Bantu_banda]

​@@deatharrow1994I guess it was a figure of speech

[@davidleadbeater7384]

One the best songs to have on a warm day going in the countryside like north Yorkshire (moors) or Cornwall,Dartmoor,Dorset ❤

[@caw5772]

Loving this song still in 2024! The chorus is amazing. Vocals like none of today.

[@TheEverything_Man]

I think this is the one song that everyone universally loves

[@TheEverything_Man]

@Laura Matsuda well, I haven’t met one person ever who doesn’t like this song

[@TheEverything_Man]

@Laura Matsuda that’s too bad, I don’t understand how people could not love this song

[@lucychemutai852]

Proud to be African, Kenyan🤎🤎🤎

[@windsorfcyouth]

My mum is from kenya 🇰🇪

[@reymicroc]

the song is not about being african

[@teewashington1987]

@@reymicroc🤣🤣

[@Rebairdo101]

No one cares

[@lucychemutai852]

@@Rebairdo101 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@matthewconroy1196]

Easy listening

[@whoknows4206]

Think of all those years people jamming out to these singing “i guess it rains down in Africa” only to come here and find out it’s bless the rains 😂👍🏻

[@shanelroberts606]

IKR!!

[@lifewithveronicah]

😂😂😂😂

[@mpilonhlebanda5159]

You were not the only 1😂

[@marzenabe2137]

Piosenka, która zawsze będzie na topie, choć ma tyle lat🥰

[@SergioEspinoza-p7l]

Is this Austria lenguage

[@fromixty]

​@@SergioEspinoza-p7lIt's Polish.

[@cobbyopoku]

One of my all time favorites. Ghanaian here🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

[@andreaware4526]

LOVE 80's songs!!!

[@sarahhubalik5396]

The fact that this song is touching even to an American 🇺🇸 is amazing

[@saherrizvi9501]

This song was played on radio yesterday while I was driving my son to school. He said " Mom please play this song tomorrow too. It is so calming to my ears". He is in grade 1 😊

[@sharimillangue7030]

GOD BLESS AFRICA FOREVER!

[@susannabonke8552]

May your rain be abundant and your days prosperous. All the beautiful scenery like birds and waters and giraffes..

[@BaritonesNAcoustics]

*The true bop of the universe.*

[@SpikeThePittie]

I agree

[@めいむ-u9z]

I think so too

[@JaniceSmith-zx1ol]

I love to be driving and the song Africa comes on. Makes me feel like all the pressures of the day just fly out the window as I sing along.

[@dragzgaming]

Like, 30 years later this song still stuck in my head and my 13yo daughter had to remind me of the name of it! Doesn't get much more legendary than that!

[@theflynlion]

Here’s to you Tommy, I know you loved all of your many visits to Africa, as well as this song. Mindy sent this to me just now to honor your loss one year ago today. Rest in peace big brother. 😪

[@oliviagutierrez5732]

This song is such a wonderful nostalgic memory for me ♥️♥️🎶🎶

[@ellahierissewieder6771]

It was a summer hit for me as a young woman over 40 years ago. The years have passed, but the song is still beautiful.☀️

[@rantingcatholic]

god this is such a classic jam. I can't listen without dancing

[@charlieholdsworth]

i find it pretty hard to dance to this song but it’s sure easy to sing to it

[@TheEvilDrR]

Chair dancing to it right now. Great groove. And those sweet, sweet vocal harmonies.

[@Trevorboxford]

This is the song that played at my granddad's funeral... I'm like you have to be serious mum you thought this was sensible

[@TheEvilDrR]

@@Trevorboxford Maybe he requested it to be played. Or, maybe she knew that this song meant a lot to him. And you didn't. Dunno.

[@taurusknight3110]

Me too ❤

[@annettetucker6060]

Brings back so many wonderful memories 💖 ✨️

[@LITTLE-00ZER0]

MY CHILDHOOD 😭😭😭😭 I wanna get back to..

[@satisfyingvideos3429]

Anyone listening to this beautiful song in 2024 ?

[@philwenteihearyoumyfeeling3052]

Yes

[@evakiss7481]

❤ yes ❤

[@jacintagakuru1878]

Oh YES 🎉

[@sandramanenti6071]

Io, è bellissima

[@pedrocampos691]

🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐵🐵🐵🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍

[@valeria_yordanova]

I gave birth to my second child, my son on June 27th 2024 and that song was playing while I had my c-section and took him out from my belly ❤ Now I got tears lol

[@catherinembula6454]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@thehappygirl4057]

😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@sunsetreality8036]

The vibe is unreal honestly ❤❤❤

[@nilewiller3679]

During a trip to the United States with my daughter, while traveling from Los Angeles to San Diego, we happened to listen to this song, and it made us feel so good.

[@antonioestevez5310]

Loving is not kidnapping the loved one, appropriating them or possessing them as an object, loving is giving them wings and accompanying them on their flight.

[@veeherreraJanecka]

One of my all time favorite songs.

[@leonardocamposrocha945]

This is the most UNDERHELMING song ever made by an african. Thank you, because we really needed this in nowadays.

[@ConfusedCoconut-hd9sd]

2024 Anyone?

[@vixh5516]

Goin strong

[@staynick871]

Yep

[@Food_Fighter_Studios]

What's good?

[@LynceeAin]

Yes sir!!

[@ogacryptology]

Yeap coming form fb saw a post about the song playing in a desert 24/7 in Africa

[@sebastianjoseruizmorales8534]

Africa has finally made it to World Cup semi final

[@gustavoadolfogiraldoarbela2510]

Screwing portugal in the way

[@Pupusalusbdro]

🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦 Morocco baby!!!!

[@ScotlandFC1873]

We? Who’s we? There is no we. There is no your half. There is only my all of it-🇲🇦

[@orionpinkham3072]

Finally people who enjoy this at my school every one I saying 80 and 90s music sucked EXUSE. E THIS IS THE BEST MUSIC EVER INVENTED WHO AGREE

[@PierreRanger-QC]

that drum part is magic

[@ronnie6508]

One word...Awesome!

[@davecarter2508]

Second word typo's

[@Atrosoni]

Nah it's blessed

[@QF_Dan72]

Masterpiece

[@gregorybrooks9147]

Awesome song! Strong message and amazing vocals. Why did time have to run out for songs as pure as this one?

[@marifender4643]

80's was the best music era....

[@osheniaseseoana2733]

Top 5 of my favourites❤❤❤ this song. Makes me proud to be South African

[@jeanjiu-jitsu6593]

We bless the rains down in Africa!...

[@ඞාඞා_ඞාඞා]

What a chill song, thanks 7clouds for making my day better.

[@dracokinerek]

Bot

[@LisaChrisco]

This song makes me think of my boyfriend who passed away on Labor Day in 2023. I love that man so much! He loved this song!

[@LisaChrisco]

Love and miss you Patrick Cibulka, always and forever!

[@kathrynhoppes7478]

So sorry

[@LisaChrisco]

@@kathrynhoppes7478 Thank you.

[@allenlovell1604]

Just a simply beautiful, calm easy listening tune ! Thanks KZbin for posting it 😀 !

[@PedroCampos-r1j]

I seek l've take away ever do rains..

[@randycyr2786]

I remember this playing at Gordon student residence. This is a throw back.

[@TerryRippington]

If this isn't the end credits of the universe then I'm not going

[@elliteMonkeygaming]

Exactly 😂

[@Iwanttoblowmybrainsoutrn]

True, since humanity started in Africa, gotta end in africa

[@KimberleyBarnanga]

It's November 2024 and I'm still listening to this song🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@selma8845]

Eu sempre amei essa música. Não consigo ficar 4 dias sem ouvi-la

[@jaredwhite200]

80s music rocks

[@brownbrownbrown2938]

Sedee light

[@Austria-HungaryRules]

We're learning about Africa in World History right now. The teacher played this and sang along.

[@deborahhafer5346]

Makes me homesick for my youth.

[@claudineimendes6789]

Essa música é mais que uma música. É uma lenda 👏👏👏

[@PedroCampos-r1j]

The jungle man.

[@marynjeri2585]

I bless the rains down in Africa..

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Songs from the 1980's in the key of A-major are such a godsend!

[@tayyoung8002]

Song on repeat 20 times already, Amazing vibes

[@rehpotthebot]

I just sang the entire song outloud and I think my dad herd

[@johannesskosana6403]

Proud South african 🇿🇦 2024 25/03/24

[@cynthiacebekhulu3559]

Yebo 😊😅

[@ND-or5so]

Excellent song, makes you really want to bless the rain down in Africa and everywhere!

[@Diet_Bleach]

3:40 Chrous:"I Bless The Rains Down in Africa" Background: "IIIII BLEEESSSSSS THHHEEE RAINS!" i felt that

[@QF_Dan72]

goosebumps

[@felixnorman9562]

I give thanks to "Family Guy" for waking me up to how great this "side" has always.

[@ronking9416]

Truly one of the greatest pieces of music ever composed, completely timeless 🎹🎹🎼🎼🎙️🎙️

[@jotfohm4644]

2044 anyone?

[@pieselpoloniae]

No

[@FEVfan]

Girl yes i have also jumped 20 years into the future

[@KimIlSung84]

1948 anyone?

[@SCP--op2eq]

@@KimIlSung84 yeah im talking to you guys from that year tbh we got done with ww2

[@servantofthelivinglord7316]

Listening with Captain Kirk Rn so I'm a few years in your future

[@gabrielacanova9428]

This music makes me remember my dad 🥺❤️

[@gabrielacanova9428]

a classic!!!

[@redredred8408]

Turtle* you mean

[@FuIfillment]

Ahh.. take me back to the 70’s and 80’s.

[@NikzTuccupumi]

I bless the rain down in AFRICA..

[@bellamama3065]

Good example of music bringing us joy and nice memories :)

[@msmltvcktl]

I always heard, "...sure as Kilimanjaro rises like an empress above the Serengeti" and i have to say it still works. Olympus / an empress... Still majestic.

[@DelvingEye]

Yes!!I always heard "empress," too, and I like it better than Olympus because this song is about a land (Africa), and lands, like ships, are called she; whereas Olympus signifies a male energy. Just sayin'.

[@louiseschweickerdt5592]

I still think she's an empress rising ...

[@tuchiguaguadeconfii6651]

Gonna take a lot drag me away from you there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do i bless the rains down in africaaaa 😻

[@Wamariam3618]

Listening 🎧 this song in a pub feeling like it's a worship song🙏🙏🙏