{"id":"africa-by-toto","name":"Africa By Toto","summary":"Africa By Toto is a 1982 soft rock single by the American band Toto that turned into an internet-era obsession, spawning covers, parodies, tribute installations and dank meme posts from the mid-2010s onward. What started as a chart-topping hit picked up a second life through YouTube acoustic covers, a South Park nostalgia gag, and a solar-powered art piece that loops the song in the Namib Desert.","tags":["africa by toto","toto africa meme","toto forever","max siedentopf","namib desert toto","africa song meme","bless the rains"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":4,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/africa-by-toto/africa-by-toto-toto-africa-music-video-still.webp","caption":"Still from Toto's 1982 'Africa' music video, the iconic song at the heart of the meme's enduring popularity.","width":1257,"height":707,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/africa-by-toto/africa-by-toto-facebook-comments-but-why-reactions.webp","caption":"Facebook users react with dismay and 'But Why?' memes to news of yet another cover of 'Africa' by Toto.","width":524,"height":966,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/africa-by-toto/africa-by-toto-pitbull-cover-godfather-meme.webp","caption":"A popular reaction meme lamenting Pitbull's cover of 'Africa,' using the iconic Godfather 'Look how they massacred my boy' template.","width":680,"height":713,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/africa-by-toto/africa-by-toto-namibia-africa-installation-map.webp","caption":"Map showing the approximate coastal Namib Desert location of Max Siedentopf's art installation that plays 'Africa' by Toto on an endless loop.","width":680,"height":649,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/africa-by-toto/history.md","related":["trololo","chipi-chipi-chapa-chapa-dubidubidu","ppap","pen-pineapple-apple-pen","baby-its-cold-outside","crab-rave","epic-sax-guy","nyanyanyanyanyanyanya","padoru","the-annoying-thing-crazy-frog","the-duck-song","who-let-the-dogs-out"],"popularityRank":1133,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}