I hear the drums echoing tonight, But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation…

No, nothing?

He turned to me as if to say, “Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you.”

If you haven’t clicked yet, shame on you.

I bless the rains down in Africa.

There it is, although if it took you that long to realise we were talking about Toto’s ‘Africa’, then there is no way I want you on my 30 Seconds team.

Before we go any further, please enjoy Toto themselves talking about how they wrote and made the song.

Loved by wedding DJs and South African beer commercials, the iconic song is now set to be played non-stop for quite some time to come.

Check it, from the BBC:

The world’s oldest desert is to be blessed with one of the most listened-to songs – Africa by Toto.

Namibian artist Max Siedentopf has set up a sound installation in the coastal Namib Desert to play on loop, in tribute to the soft rock classic.

The 1982 track is quadruple platinum, and was the most streamed song in 2017, with over 440m views on YouTube.

Mr Siedentopf tells the BBC it is set to play forever, with solar batteries “to keep Toto going for all eternity”…

“[I] wanted to pay the song the ultimate homage and physically exhibit ‘Africa’ in Africa,” explains the 27-year-old artist.

“Some [Namibians] love it and some say it’s probably the worst sound installation ever. I think that’s a great compliment.”

He has chosen an undisclosed spot in the 55-million-year-old Namib desert to set up six speakers attached to an MP3 player with the single track on it.

Mr Siedentopf says he hopes the song will play for another 55 million years.

I like his optimism in thinking that the MP3 player is going to last that long.

Good luck finding the exhibit, too, because it looks to be quite tucked away:

You could go looking for it, or you could just rock up at a wedding involving a white person aged anywhere from 25 to 60.

[source:bbc]