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Toto IV

Toto IV
Studio album by
Toto
ReleasedApril 8, 1982
RecordedOctober 1981 – January 1982[1]
Studio
Genre
Length42:17
LabelColumbia
ProducerToto
Toto chronology
Turn Back
(1981) 		Toto IV
(1982) 		Isolation
(1984)
Singles from Toto IV
  1. "Rosanna"
    Released: March 31, 1982 (US)[2]
  2. "Africa"
    Released: June 25, 1982 (UK)[3]
  3. "Make Believe"
    Released: July 1982 (US)
  4. "Afraid of Love"
    Released: 1982 (Japan)[4]
  5. "I Won't Hold You Back"
    Released: March 1983 (US)
  6. "Waiting for Your Love"
    Released: June 1983 (US)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Robert ChristgauB−[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

Toto IV is the fourth studio album by American rock band Toto, released on April 8, 1982 by Columbia Records.[8]

The lead single, "Rosanna", peaked at number 2 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while the album's third single, "Africa", topping the Hot 100 chart, became the group's first and only number 1 hit.[9] Both songs were hits in the UK as well, reaching number 12 and 3, respectively.[10] The fourth single, "I Won't Hold You Back", also peaked within the top ten on the Hot 100, at number 10, but atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for three weeks.[9] It also went into the top 40 in the UK.[10] With the success of "Africa", the album climbed back into the top 10 in early 1983 on both sides of the Atlantic.

Toto IV received three Grammy Awards in 1983 including Album of the Year, Producer of the Year for the band, and Record of the Year for "Rosanna". It reached number four on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States, shortly after its release. It also reached the top ten in other countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Japan. It was also the last Toto album to feature their original bassist David Hungate until his return in 2014 (with the release of their 2015 album Toto XIV) when he was replaced by Mike Porcaro after the band’s recording of the album, and also the final album to feature original lead vocalist Bobby Kimball until his comeback in 1998 (with the release of the 1999 album Mindfields).

  1. ^ Lukather, Steve (2019). The Gospel according to Luke (1st ed.). Post Hill Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-64293-285-0.
  2. ^ "RIAA certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  3. ^ "Africa discography". Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. ^ "Toto singles".
  5. ^ William Ruhlmann. "Toto IV - Toto - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  6. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Toto". robertchristgau.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  7. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2007-11-18.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Toto IV".
  9. ^ a b Toto USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  10. ^ a b Toto UK chart history Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, The Official Charts. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

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