Toto's "Africa" is the best song in history, according to science.

African Grassland.- The song Africa by the group Toto has just been named by science as “the best song in history,” and well, here we are analyzing what they based it on… because it clearly wasn't on TikTok surveys.

If there's one thing no human being on Earth has been able to agree on, it's defining their top 10 favorite songs, precisely because "everyone has their own tastes." However, science has finally come to put an end to that pointless debate and declared that the winner is Africa .

Toto's "Africa" has been declared the greatest song of all time... according to science. The study, reported by Gizmondo, called on neuroscientists and music theorists to investigate what factors make a song resonate in the human brain. pic.twitter.com/8Yq7NJyEXY

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Toto's "Africa" would be the best song in history

The conclusion was drawn by neuroscientist Daniel Glaser, who explained that the best way to evaluate a song remains through the direct response of the human brain, whether through brain scans or by analyzing the amount of dopamine released when the '80s synthesizer plays.

The song in question “presents a musical structure that meets the rules of harmony and repetition that the brain finds pleasurable,” which in basic English means it’s so well done that even the subconscious hums it.

▪️ According to science, Toto's #Africa is the best song in history 🧬

📀 Neuroscience studies have shown that its combination of rhythms, melody, and harmony activates the brain's pleasure centers. Every time it plays, it triggers memories, emotions, and spontaneous smiles.… https://t.co/6AWpgwdUhG

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“It’s a piece that, despite its characteristic 80s style, has no obvious flaws and presents a perfect flow of sounds that make it catchy, something that makes it impossible to forget,” explains Glaser, who apparently has never listened to the Beatles, Led Zeppelin or Deep Purple in his life (not to mention Bronco).

In short, neuroscience studies have shown that Africa has a combination of rhythm, melody, and harmony that activates the human brain's pleasure centers. "Every time it plays, it triggers memories, emotions, and spontaneous smiles," they concluded, although they didn't specify whether that also applies when it plays at a ranch wedding at 2:40 a.m.

It was impossible to improve Toto's Africa and this happened pic.twitter.com/4eailbja5L

— leidi (@una_leidi) February 9, 2025

While the song in question is a great one, several songs come to mind that clearly should be higher: A Day in the Life , Something , or Across the Universe by the Beatles; Wild Horses or Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones; Stairway to Heaven or Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin... or even anything by Natanael Cano.

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