History Trivia / Toto

* ExecutiveMeddling: They were hit with it pretty hard after Joseph Williams quit. Based on the assumption that neither Williams nor Kimball had provided a suitable "Face" for the group (see below), the record company decided to force a new singer, Jean-Michel Byron (Lukather frustratedly complained, "the guy had never even heard ''Music/LedZeppelin IV''"), into the band.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Toto was asked to do the music to Film/{{Footloose}}, but declined because they had to choose between that or [[Film/Dune1984 David Lynch' Dune]] .

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Toto was asked to do the music to Film/{{Footloose}}, but declined because they would rather do [[Film/Dune1984 David Lynch' Dune]] .

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Toto was asked to do the music to Film/Footloose, but declined because they would rather do [[Film/Dune1984 David Lynch' Dune]] .

* HeAlsoDid: Three members of the band collaborated with Music/RogerWaters of Music/PinkFloyd. Drummer Jeff Porcaro played the drum parts on [[Music/TheWall "Mother"]] after Nick Mason found the UncommonTime too difficult to work with, and both he and Steve Lukather provided session parts on Waters' solo album ''Music/AmusedToDeath''. The 2015 remaster of the latter also features Hammond organ by David Paich on "The Bravery of Being out of Range".

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: The band has created such songs as [[Music/Queen "Don't Stop Me Now"]] (''Fahrenheit''), [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 "Let it Go"]] (''Falling in Between''), and many more.

* PlayingAgainstType: While Lukather usually sang the band's ballads, Kimball sang "Million Miles Away" on ''Turn Back''.

* RevivalByCommercialization: In 2017, "Africa" was the subject of various [[https://pagesix.com/2018/08/22/how-the-band-toto-actually-feels-about-the-viral-africa-memes/ memes]], which led to an increase in digital sales, as well as their concerts being attended by not just aging baby boomers/Gen Xers but also millenials and zoomers.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Lukather has suggested in later interviews that Kimball's drug problems led to the band firing him.

* BlackSheepHit: "Africa" is this for them. The song itself was never meant to be on Toto IV; it was thrown in at the last second because they needed another song to complete the album. The band themselves noted that besides not sounding like them at all, it was inherently ridiculous for them to be writing a song about Africa when they're a bunch of white men from California who had never even been to Africa. No one anticipated it'd be a hit, and the band even joked that the song should've been reserved for David Paich's solo album (a band inside joke for when a song didn't fit the Toto mold), yet the song ended up being their biggest hit despite the kitschy nature of the track. While they themselves love the song, they're still baffled by the song's explosive success to this day, and they've since struggled to fight through the perception of the song misrepresenting who they are, as audiences often come to them thinking "Africa" is all Toto are as a band. When the song & band gained a second wind (due to memes and appearances in popular shows and movies), it only baffled them even more, but were deeply appreciative as it ended up exposing them to two new generations of audience members - Millennials, and Zoomers. Needless to say, it's a mixed bag for them.

* RevivalByCommercialization: In 2017, "Africa" was the subject of various [[https://pagesix.com/2018/08/22/how-the-band-toto-actually-feels-about-the-viral-africa-memes/ memes]], which led to an increase in digital sales, as well as their concerts being attended by not just aging baby boomers/Gen Xers but also Millenials.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The band members' names frequently show up in the credits for other successful albums of the era. Most notably, Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' featured instrumental and arranging contributions by Lukather, Paich and Jeff and Steve Porcaro (the latter also co-wrote "Human Nature"). In addition, long before they found success on their own, they appeared on several albums recorded by Boz Scaggs.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The band members' names frequently show up in the credits for other successful albums of the era. Most notably, ''[[Music/MichaelJackson Thriller]]'' featured instrumental and arranging contributions by Lukather, Paich and Jeff and Steve Porcaro (the latter also co-wrote "Human Nature"). In addition, long before they found success on their own, they appeared on several albums recorded by Boz Scaggs.