Hall & Oates

Released: July 29, 1980

Songwriter: John Oates

Producer: John Oates Daryl Hall

Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh

My baby went to Africa
With the dirty lens photographer
My baby land in jungle land
With a U.S. body and a real light tan
(U.S. body and a real light tan)

My baby went to Africa
My baby went to Africa
Sing it
(Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh)
Sing it
(Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh)

My baby went to Africa
With a make-up man and a love-sick lover
She get a couple o' grand and a two-piece suit
Let the folks back home see the native beauty
(Folks back home see the native beauty)

My baby went to Africa
My baby went to Africa
My baby went to Africa
I packed my bags, I gotta get to her
Before the lions and tigers try to jump on her bones

And the boys sing
(Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh)
Africa, africa
(Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh)
And the girls sing
(Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh)

My baby went to Africa
I packed my bags, I gotta get to her
Before the lions and tigers try to jump on her bones

Sing
Baby went to Africa
(Africa, Africa)
Baby went to Africa
(Africa, Africa)
Baby went to Africa
Lions and tigers try to jump on her bones
Baby went to Africa
Baby went to Africa
Baby went to Africa
Let the folks back home see the native beauty
Baby went to Africa (repeat)

Hall & Oates released the first of their 18 albums in 1972 on Atlantic Records. They would go on to sell 13 million albums and 6 million singles primarily during the 70’s and 80’s when they recorded their most prolific and profound music. They blended rock, jazz, soul, and pop create a genre they titled rock and soul.

While their technical musicianship, innovative songwriting styles, and popular live performances were praised, they also had a fruitful partnership with their manager Tommy Mottola, who was helped Hall & Oates break into music videos before they were popular and made profitable financial deals by helping them get on the ground level of and corporate sponsorship of tours. Hall & Oates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

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