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Africa by Toto to be played non-stop on loop all night at music venue

The band Toto picture together in Singapore in 2006: Getty Images
The band Toto picture together in Singapore in 2006: Getty Images

A music venue in Bristol is going to play Africa by Toto on a loop all night long to raise funds for charity.

DJ Michael Savage will play the hit for five hours non-stop at The Exchange in Bristol.

People will be sponsored for how long they can endure the song on repeat.

Mr Savage is raising money for Bristol-based charity Temwa which supports people in rural areas of Malawi.

Africa by Toto: the lyrics


I hear the drums echoing tonight

But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation

She's coming in, 12:30 flight

The 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 have

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

As 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

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 have

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

I bless the rains down in Africa

I bless the rains down in Africa

I bless the rains down in Africa

I bless the rains down in Africa

Gonna take some time to do the things we never have

The DJ said he wanted to set a new world record for the longest anyone has ever played Africa non-stop.

"I've asked the venue for 12 hours," he said.

Africa by Toto will be played in the main room at the Exchange in Bristol between 11pm and 4am on November 30. The adjacent room will play nothing but remixes and cover versions.