Ladies and gentlemen of the internet, the rains have once again been blessed. This morning, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo released a cover of the infamous '80s earworm "Africa" by Toto, once again ...

You know the story, but if you don't, here's a refresher: A teenage Weezer fan named Mary based in Ohio ran a viral campaign in the hopes that she could convince the band to cover Toto's 1982 cheesy ...

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - The rains down in Africa have been blessed, along with a Twitter user who "jokingly" told alternative rock band Weezer to record a cover of the 1982 song "Africa" by Toto.

The power a joke Twitter account can have is truly astounding. In December 2017, a Weezer fan created the Twitter account @weezerafrica, the sole mission of which was to get Weezer to cover Toto’s ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Weezer has released a cover of Toto's "Africa" after a teenage fan pressed the group for months on social media to record the song. The teen, known as @weezerafrica, jokingly ...

Last month, Weezer bowed to the pressure of one very determined 14-year-old Clevelander with a Twitter account and released, of all things, a cover of Toto’s “Africa.” The original song, released in ...

Last month, after a long viral campaign from one fan in Ohio, Weezer finally caved and released their cover of Toto’s shimmering, nonsensical 1983 cheese-pop classic “Africa.” (They also covered ...

In 2018 the bands exchanged cover versions, a move fired up by a Weezer fan who’d started an online campaign to have Cuomo’s group perform Toto’s signature track. The result was a surprise hit single ...

Tuesday morning, unequivocal proof finally arrived that Humpty Dumpty is the true consciousness of the Internet. Remember what the giant egg told Alice in Lewis Carroll’s children’s classic? “‘When I ...

Still, as he said in a new interview, he's enjoying how the 1982 hit has found continued life through covers, samples and internet memes. "No one is laughing harder than me," he told Ernie Ball. "And ...

Back in May, the rock band Weezer released a cover of the song "Africa," which was a hit back in 1983 for the yacht rock band Toto. Weezer's rendition of "Africa," which has a very unique origin story ...

Weezer had a smash hit with their cover of Toto‘s “Africa” and it worked out well for both bands in the end, but what does Toto guitarist Steve Lukather really think about how the whole thing went ...