“Africa” by Toto is just one of those songs you can’t help but scream out when you’re driving alone. One of the girls in the Jack FM Promotions Department absolutely loves it and belts it out even when she’s not alone. It’s a rather frightening experience. This week’s Ridiculous ’80s Video honor goes to Toto, not because the video for “Africa” is anything crazy… but because it’s not crazy enough.

The video includes two scenes: (1) the band playing in a room on top of some books, and (2) singer David Paich in a library pretending to be Indiana Jones. To simulate Africa they stamp a passport and spin a globe. Guess what Toto, Jack FM is not impressed. Where are the lions? The zebras? The Tarzans?

You didn’t just “miss the rains down in Africa”, you completely missed Africa. As a whole. This is the band’s biggest hit and managed to land a #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, yet it looks like they made the video in some guy’s basement one Sunday afternoon when nothing good was on TV.

Props for the flute solo, though. No one can take that one away from you… except maybe Jethro Tull.