I Guess It Rains Down In Africa

Our journey into the world of misheard lyrics continues this week with toto s biggest hit africa from 1982.

Https toto lnk to listenyd youtubesubscribe to the official toto youtub. Africa has been covered most recently by weezer. Https toto lnk to listenydwatch more toto videos. It is known and obvious which is where the poetic notion comes into play.

The lyrics are not i guess it rains down in africa it says i bless the rains down in africa howard from st. I guess the rain s down in africa. Louis park mn africa was one of my favorite songs of the 80s. They are not literally guessing that the rain is down in africa the same way elton john doesn t literally guess that s why they call it the blues.

Guess is very commonly used as a figurative gesture. It is the group s most popular song and reached 1 on billboard s hot 100 in 1983. The instrumental track was outstanding. It topped the billboard chart in february 1983 the first and only time the band reached the pinnacle of the pop music.

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To my knowledge it was one of the first top 40 songs to mention mt. Kryptoncat feb 08 2009 1 47 pm i heard it the same way and it used to scare the crap out of me because i was only like 5 at the time and the idea of someone leaving their brains somewhere was creepy. The serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region in africa. In december 2017 twitter user weezerafrica run by 14 year old cleveland ohio resident mary klym tweeted riverscuomo it s about time you bless the rains down in africa after much back and forth between mary and weezer s drummer patrick wilson the band released a cover of rosanna a different toto song in order to troll klym and those clamoring for a version of africa.

It is located mainly in northern tanzania and extends into south western kenya between 1 and 3 degrees south latitudes and between 34 and 36 degrees east longitudes. I also heard i miss the rains down in africa i guess missing rain makes more sense to me than blessing rain. Africa by totolisten to toto.