The point of contention centers on Toto’s 1982 enduring hit, “Africa,” and Weezer’s cover of the song. In May 2018, a then-14-year-old Weezer fan built a social media campaign for the band ...

Still, this Saturday Night Live sketch from last year more or less justifies their continued existence: Offering substantially less entertainment value is Weezer’s new version of Black Sabbath’s ...

But as the discussion started to garner more attention and fans got behind it, Weezer eventually did record a cover of “Africa” and it became their first Hot 100 hit since 2009.

In 2018, in response to months of campaigning by an Ohio teenager named Mary, Weezer famously covered Toto’s 1983 chart-topping hit “Africa,” yielding a fun music video with Weird Al ...

Virtually everything about Weezer covering Toto’s “Africa” was strange, from the social media campaign that sparked the cover in the first place to the music video starring Weird Al Yankovic ...