toto'nun 1982 yılında çıkardığı hit olmuş single. david paich şarkının çıkış noktasını şöyle açıklamıştır: 80'lerin başında bir gece afrika'daki korkunç ölümler ve insanların acıları hakkında bir belgesel izledim. belgesel beni hem etkiledi hem de ilgimi çekti. görüntüler gözümün önünden bir türlü gitmedi. orada olsam nasıl hissedeceğimi ve ne yapacağımı hayal etmeye çalıştım.
sözleri:
i hear the drums echoing tonight
but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
she's coming in twelve-thirty flight
her 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
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
gonna take some time to do the things we never had