Weezer cover 'Africa' by Toto after fan campaign

Fan-led campaign on social media has seen the band cover not one, but two Toto songs

Weezer have finally released a cover of Toto's beloved song "Africa" after trolling fans with an earlier cover of the band's song "Rosanna".

Since 1992, the LA-formed Weezer have performed several memorable cover songs including Radiohead's "Paranoid Android", "Velouria" by The Pixies, and "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath.

A fan campaign led by dedicated Twitter account @WeezerCoverAfrica had - for months - called on the band to cover the classic 80s anthem, to no avail, although drummer Patrick Wilson responded with "I laughed" to one tweet.

Instead, last week Weezer released an upbeat cover of "Rosanna" which charted at No.2 in the UK and earned the band a Grammy in 1983 for Record of the Year.

"Weezer seems to be straight-up f**king with us at this point," Noisey noted.

But it's finally happened - the band has blessed the rains and covered "Africa", releasing the rendition on their official YouTube account. They even nodded to the fan account that started this all by including a screenshot in the video post.

Listen to the cover below:

Last week we wrote an appreciation of "one of the most cathartic songs of all time" which you can read here.