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Toto IV is a Alternative rock act. They run in the same orbit as Journey, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, Dire Straits and Mike & The Mechanics, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Michael Jackson and Chicago, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Toto IV and forward to Michael Jackson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Toto IV is the fourth studio album by American rock band Toto, released on April 1, 1982, by Columbia Records. The album's 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. Both songs were hits in the UK as well, reaching number 12 and 3, respectively. The fourth single, "I Won't Hold You Back", also peaked within the top ten on the Hot 100, at number 10 and atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for three weeks. It also went into the top 40 in the UK. With the success of "Africa", the album climbed back into the top 10 in early 1983 on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Toto IV connections
Toto IV shares an orbit with Journey, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Dire Straits, went on to shape Michael Jackson and Chicago. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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