Following an odd grassroots campaign to get Weezer to cover Toto’s hit song “Africa,” Weezer now has its first Hot 100-charting single in twelve years. To help promote and celebrate the band’s unlikely cover, Weezer has produced a video with “Weird Al” Yankovic leading the band.
In the video, Yankovic portrays Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo. And he busts out his accordion near the end of the song for a solo. Check it out.
The “Toto” video may look familiar to Weezer fans. The look copies Weezer’s own video for “Undone (The Sweater Song).” Here is the video for that song.
Toto, flattered by Weezer’s cover of their classic “Africa,” returned the favor earlier this year. They covered Weezer’s song, “Hash Pipe.”
What song would you like to hear Weezer cover next? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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