Make Believe (Toto song)

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"Make Believe"
Make Believe Toto cover.jpg
Single by Toto
from the album Toto IV
B-side
  • "We Made It"
  • "Lovers in the Night" (Holland)
Released
  • July 1982 (US)
  • October 22, 1982 (UK) [1]
Recorded1981 by Tom Knox [2] [ circular reference ]
Genre
Length3:43
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) David Paich
Producer(s) Toto
Toto singles chronology
"Rosanna"
(1982)
"Make Believe"
(1982)
"Africa"
(1982)

"Make Believe" is a song by the American rock band Toto, released as the second single (third in Europe) from their triple platinum 1982 album Toto IV . It peaked at number 19 in Cash Box magazine and at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 25, 1982. The song was also featured on the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the radio station Emotion 98.3.

Contents

Cash Box called it "sunny summer pop that should reach the top," saying that "the opening piano chords recall The Beach Boys." [4] Billboard described it as a "hard-edged yet downtempo love song," saying "Piano triplets point to '50s rock classics, while synthesizer and buzzsaw guitar accents underline its contemporary vintage." [3]

Personnel

Toto
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts) [7] 70
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 30

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