1982년 4월 8일에 발매된 토토 4집 10번 트랙으로, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro 작사, 작곡의 곡입니다. 1982년 9월 30일 싱글로 발매되기도 했습니다. 이 곡은 미국 빌보드 핫100 차트에서 1위를 기록했고, 그 외 영국, 캐나다, 네덜란드, 뉴질랜드에서도 좋은 반응을 얻었습니다.

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*Africa
Backing Vocals: Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, Timothy: B. Schmit
Congas, Percussion: Lenny Castro
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals: David Paich
Marimba, Percussion: Joe Porcaro
Recorded By (Tracks): Al Schmitt
Recorder: Jim Horn
Written-By: David Paich, Jeff Porcaro

(가사)
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in, 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation

I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, “Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you”

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I've become

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa (gonna take the time)
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
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