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"Fast Car" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on April 6, 1988, by Elektra Records, as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album. Chapman's appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in June 1988 helped the song become a top-ten hit in the United States, reaching ...
Country singer Luke Combs covered the emotional track on his 2023 album, Gettin' Old, and the country rendition catapulted the 1988 track to a whole new audience, quickly becoming the most ...
Combs' "Fast Car" zoomed to the top of Billboard's hot country songs chart (becoming the first song written by a Black female artist to do so) and went to No. 2 on the Hot 100.
Tracy Chapman stood on the Grammy's stage exuding a humble, peaceful joy as she began strumming the intro to her 1988 hit "Fast Car." After she sang the first verse, country star Luke Combs beamed ...
Luke Albert Combs (/ k oʊ m z /; [3] born March 2, 1990) is an American country singer. Born and raised in North Carolina , he began performing as a child. After dropping out of college to pursue a career in music, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee , where he released his debut EP , The Way She Rides , in 2014.
In his own subsequent conversation with Billboard, Combs expressed gratitude to Chapman: “Oh man, ‘Fast Car’ has surprised me more than you can imagine. Tracy Chapman wrote this perfect song ...
Insofar as Grammy chances, "Fast Car" did not win a golden gramophone last Sunday evening. Combs, since 2020, is 0-for-7 in Los Angeles. Chapman, however, is a four-time Grammy winner — notably ...
Every time Luke Combs performs "Fast Car" now, he remembers something Tracy Chapman told him about her signature song, which he made popular again with his 2023 country-style cover of it.