2-Fast Car
Tracy Chapman Lyrics

@denos.2688

Wow. You’re killing me. But glad it all worked out for you.

@juancitoperez2856

jajaja no pegaba una el dogor

@tonymorris1473

Sometimes a cover is a good thing. Look at how many young people who had never heard of Tracy Chapman now are fans.

@JayCor-er7oj

I feel bad I thought she was a dude from
The thumbnail 😭

@Bug_Abuse

Shit, I'm 30 and grew up on this song as a kid in the 90s. Truly is a timeless masterpiece.

@valp5268

No one ever could sing this song like Tracy Chapman.

@Thomas-wi7ti

Luke Combs does it justice at least he did an amazing job covering it a lot of people butcher songs when they cover them

@pedropunjabi7339

Luke Combs KILLED IT. His version is BETTER

@Thomas-wi7ti

@@pedropunjabi7339 Nope. There a very few covers that surpass an original. Luke cannot match Tracy's vocals no matter how he tries. Luke also left the music as original as he could. Tracy recorded her version damn near 40 years ago on equipment that doesn't even exist anymore. I'm sorry but even Luke would tell you that you are crazy 🤣

@jxhnnyboi_yt1110

@@pedropunjabi7339not better, but it is good

@yoyokiki9670

Pedro 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 Tracy’s is the best by far

@shaneramjit6024

I'm 26 years old, my brother and I were very close, we worked together, drank, everything. He died in 2018 in a motorbike accident, this was one of his favourite songs, he was 31 when he died. I'm a man but I cry when I listen to this song. Wish I had more time with my brother

@dylanfunnytv8823

Stay Strong May Your Brother RIP Much Love 💪🏼❤

@shaneramjit6024

Thanks

@cassidybaar

Can’t imagine the loss of a sibling. I am so sorry for your pain. My condolences.

@shaneramjit6024

@@cassidybaar Thank you

@danieldixon4568

Thats too young! Im 36 and so sorry!

@CoachatCole

This song captures the quiet desperation that everyone feels when the life they know isn’t quite how they had planned.

@LondiweSthembile

True

@deonabraham2867

It still uplifts me

@24starchild

But it’s still full of hope, that’s the whole point

@Nothingseen

@@24starchild I mean... not really. The whole song is one big cycle. The singer escapes a broken household caused by an irresponsible alcoholic father and a mother who just got fed up with him and left. They escape by finding a someone with a fast car and skedaddlin' outta there. Only to end up re-creating that broken household. They have kids, their partner never gets a job and drinks all day, and eventually they get sick of it and leave. Turns out the kinda guy who has a fast car and is willing to uproot themselves MIGHT have some underlying issues!
There's a reason that the song's chorus is "I remember when we were driving" and "I HAD a feeling I belonged" and "I HAD a feeling I could be someone," rather than HAVE. It's a melancholic recollection of the promise of a new start, after the hope that it brought was gone. It's a song about desperation and false hope, and the cycle of poverty and abuse. It just sounds nice.

@beverlystone4513

That is basically life as a human. Best to enjoy the ride, no matter what, eh?

@hughesb351

I'm a 43 year old metal head and I still believe this is one of the best songs ever written.

@marykinsella417

What A superb Artist❤

@Assassinists

I agree

@RileyScope-yf3gg

Definitely one of the best ever written.

@elviavera5388

I also agree.

@Thomas-wi7ti

Yeah Luke Combs covering this song revived it a little. Tracy is an amazing artist and Luke really does the song justice. I'm a heavy critic when someone covers a great iconic song like fast car. Just don't f*** it up and again Luke did an amazing job

My grandfather just passed last month 84 and this song was on the radio a few days after. It really made me think of him cause he was a riding/driving fool. Lol he loved going on his long rides on the weekends. I'm gonna miss that man so much 😢

@jessiefrye3045

You cannot remaster Perfection.
36 years ago, it was Perfection.
It still is TODAY.

@SandraHart858

Right? That voice chills♥️

@user-ym2ky3xf2w

A

@eunyoungsuh6767

Agree

@joshualourenco9950

Agree❤

@RichwithPeace

I can’t stand the remake. All I hear is his nasals.

@Skinnyorangemusic

This is what the Grammys should be all about, turning people on to good music

@curadhanpowell5007

Exactly. Instead of celebrating the garbage that passes for “music” these days. Taylor Swift breaks the record with 4 Best Album Grammies?! It’s madness. She’s talented, but that’s just madness. I could name a dozen artists with 4 albums better than any of hers.

@Skinnyorangemusic

@@curadhanpowell5007 The problem isn't Taylor Swift. Its a problem that the media focuses on celebrity because it sells and not music because it heals

@diviningoildesigns

No. Education should not be just when the Grammys are on. That’s the problem.

@Skinnyorangemusic

@@diviningoildesigns no one said the Grammys should be the only way we discover new music, but the Grammys would be so much better if that's what they were about.

@robertmorici8605

how you didn't know this song before the grammy's is a failure on your part.

@RutmansProductie

The fact that so many people don’t realise this song is from 1988 is a testament to how great it is. The lyrics are a poem, great story telling

@rickycoverrubias6176

Shows whites don't listen to greatness unless it looks like them

@kennymilsom

Indeed and written by " Lord Kenneth Milsom " .

@scottbrewer2903

I was born in 1988...I was 26 years old at the time😢

@houdaa13

Je penser qu'elle était sortit en 1998.

@stevee7774

@@houdaa13 - According to Wikipedia:
"Fast Car" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was released on April 6, 1988, as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album.

@dawnmazarati3301

The Grammy show was amazing, but NOTHING beats Tracy Chapman singing this song by herself.

@derekhorton5520

Thank you!!!! I’m trying to let the new one grow on me but no one better than Tracy!!!

@debbiewilliams940

Hi

@dawnmazarati3301

@@debbiewilliams940 👋🏼 Howdy!

@adamazzalino5247

The only reason that Luke guy even got a hit is her great writing.

@ericennis3169

Absolutely

@jonathansoto9095

My wife laughing at me because I'm crying while listening to the original for the first time. Thank you for sharing this gift. Blessings.

@ashleyboone3531

I'm with you😩 just heard the original tonight WHAT A MASTER PEICE 🔥

@denisecross4586

Attention: this brilliant beautiful song just won a CMA award! I am so happy for her she deserves this.

@zestyclose_village68

It won song of the year, even though the song is almost 40 years old. That’s wild!

@faithlett7124

Recognition should have been achieved YEARS AGO!!

@1NicholasInSeattle

Deservedly!

@collettemclafferty2614

TRUE TALENT WINS!!! The best part of this... is people of all ages discovering her body of work. I have tears in my eyes thinking of Gen Z kids discovering "Give Me One Reason" or "Baby Can I Hold You Tonight" or any of the deep cuts. This is a great day for music.

@2311ification

How is this song country???? I love this song it's definitely not crap country.

@kliraisakura6483

This song is what gave me the power to leave my abusive family behind at 18, the power to leave when i was alone and pregnant at 22 because the father tried to hit me, the power to travel because thats what makes my soul free. From the bottom of my heart thank you for your words and the beauty of your music Tracy Chapman this song has driven my life since i was a small child.

@aj7058

You're incredible.

@lunablue499

Congratulations!

@PositiveVibesVids

I think you misinterpreted the song… " somebody's gotta take care of him so I quit school and that's what I did".. I don't think there's much sympathy for the mother in this song .. or at least that's how I heard it.
It's to be strong together- simple beginnings

@rebekahcrossman4690

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@PositiveVibesVidsI know what you’re saying, but neither of your interpretations is incorrect. Listen to the last lyrics. She ends the song with , ‘you’ve got a decision to make, leave tonight or live and die this way’…. Your choice.
This is what makes the song so heartbreaking: at the beginning the refrain is about love and faith, and each time it changes a little (as time passes) but the music stays stuck on these few chords that keep repeating (like their unfulfilled life), throughout the song till the very end where there’s some question as to what is the right thing to do.
Different interpretations of art are always legitimate.

@oenophilered6351

"Leave tonight or live and die this way". I left and saved myself. I learned to not back down.

@heathertrostle

My daughter’s father Sam loved this song. He listened to it constantly. He struggled with life and addiction and on February 11, 2024, less than 2 weeks ago, he died from an overdose, alone in a hotel room. My daughter just turned 10 months old and she’ll never know her father, but she will know that he loved this song, because now I’m the one who’s constantly playing it. We will be playing this at his celebration of life service. RIP Samuel Stumhofer, you were loved beyond words, and you’ve given me the greatest gift anyone could ever have, our beautiful daughter Alaina. I’ll see you in my dreams❤

@ELPIRATA14BERT

🙏🏽

@dianamontilla5831

Dios contigo❤

@lizgreenspan4883

Terrible 💔

@batman3490

🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

@veronicamoore6340

😢

@michaelrodriguez1914

Leaving an alcoholic father to date an alcoholic boyfriend. The cycle of abuse. Such a sad and powerful song

@Nothingseen

Then marry him, have kids with him, and leave him behind the exact way her mother did. It's very sad.

@SuzanneDeniseB

Same. You work with tools you were given. ❤❤❤ Sending love.

@bleedingreenbetty9795

To be fair Tracy is gay and was never married to a man. She had a serious relationship with Author Alice Walker during this period of her life.

@moryveraval6249

@@bleedingreenbetty9795 - Just a rumor? She has neither confirmed nor denied it.

@perfectlyGoodInk

@@Nothingseen I think the narrator dares her husband to leave her at the end. In the last verse, she says "So, take your fast car and keep on driving," and in the last refrain at the very end, she changes the "we gotta make a decision" from earlier to "you gotta make a decision. Leave tonight or live and die this way."

And it's unresolved what happens. Maybe he leaves. Maybe he stays. Maybe they live and die the way things are. Maybe the dare is a wakeup call to change things.

That it's up in the air is, I think, a big part of what makes this song truly great. Indeed, it's also possible that the "you" in the last refrain is actually directed at the listener who might be in a similar situation that she was.

@barbiesalessa1

For those who just discovered Tracy Chapman during 2024 Grammys... WELCOME!

@pedrolinares9676

For those.. please listen to her whole self-titled album

@jpogigtxcr1778

We’ve been waiting for you guys for 25 years

@jeanoneil831

Wonderful!!!! Stories that tell themselves! She’s beautifully 💕🎶💕

@marshaweinbaum1635

Never really knew her, but like her so much now❣️

@deonabraham2867

Enjoy for those who were just introduced this amazing artists. Just one example of her Talent no other than Tracy Chapman, Be Inspired !!!

@josephpellegrini3864

It's just my opinion but I profoundly believe this is one of the best songs ever created. I don't know a single person who doesn't love it.

@Willow_The_Wisp_429

You are absolutely right. This is by far one of my favorite songs.

@DexterHeisenbergBruh

I don’t.

@mohamedalshuwsili4347

​@@DexterHeisenbergBruh funny

@Jk-ph3zy

​@@DexterHeisenbergBruhdon't love it but your here on yt listening to it 😅😅

@michaelwilliams7026

perfection

@shockincj3597

Is it me or does this song feel really timeless?? Like it sounds like it just came out

@MothmanBaddie

If this song came on the radio as my momma and I were pulling into the driveway, we would always sit and wait for it to finish before we’d head inside. I never understood why it often made her cry…. I’m almost 30 now and even though I’ve loved this song since I was a little girl, the proper meaning resonates with me now- in turn, I have a deeper understanding of my mother as well.

@0xkitten

❤

@badlaamaurukehu

Roam if you want to.

@EastofEden15

Makes me cry giant tears.

@pokerpegg1623

I was 33 years old when this song came out. Now 33 years later I’m 66 years old. Still love this song❤️❤️❤️

@nancyhanley6558

Same here. I lived in Boston, where Tracy used to play on the MBTA at Harvard Square redline (she was a student at Tufts). I think of the "fast car" being in Boston, but it could be Chi-Town, NYC, LA, or wherever you think. It's such a beautiful, heart-wrenching song.

@jennifermcclain4478

There with ya Peg. 67 here & I was late for work a couple times because I had to sit in the car to finish listening to the song on the radio. The melancholy is so very beautiful.

@nancyblanton6686

Me too, same age, always been a favorite.

@5325bunny

Nobody cares

@daniellesemador254

This is nice🎉.

@yr9119

This song is 4 minutes but the story is a lifetime.....

@Coco-ms8kl

❤️❤️❤️

@morneotto4881

This song always remind me of the shitty marriage I had

@daddycationxx

Songs so deep will also stay for a lifetime, even longer

@tendersurrender9302

This song...it tells such a story...I feel it in my heart

@whitneyhaworth6849

@@morneotto4881 face pic

@amychappellnurnberg6393

I can listen to her for hours. I am 72 years old. She is such a great soul❤

@nola504creole5

🙏🙏🙏

@tigerudaivir

1989, as a 19 year old I went with a group of friends to the New Delhi, India leg of the Amnesty International Concert series for Human Rights at the Nehru Stadium. We went see Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Yousef N’Dour, Zakir Hussain but we were stunned by this young singer alone on a guitar singing Fast Cars. Over 50,000 were hushed into silence and mesmerised by the purity of her voice. It was the first time we had heard her or off her.

Now I’m 54 and still listen to her songs on my various streaming apps and occasionally on vinyl when I sip a scotch and reflect back on that moment i saw her on stage. i could have died and gone to heaven, but then, hindsight id 20/20! cheers to TC lovers

@AlistairLivie

I was at the same concert in Wembley, England. A most memorable concert for all attendees. A truly great line up

@AlistairLivie

Now live in NZ. Many Indian friends here, great country

@tigerudaivir

🙏

@BoitumeloMarumo-tq4io

wow i was born in Dec 2989 but i have my memory of my own with this one and I have been to India twice,

@lukemack5414

Tracy Chapman was a true social pioneer and not recognized enough

@user-wq9yz7ks8q

She’s still on!

@jeffmarks1506

She never wanted to be.

@AineEithne

Her song was HUGE in the 90s - she's doing Allright :-). Still get chills and cry every time I hear this song. Am living it right now in that liminal space between having and needing something more to find fulfillment.

@tommoore4717

One song makes you a pioneer?

@ShawnRakar

@@tommoore4717 well during the 90's, there was no other artist that put folk rock on the map; that constitutes as being a pioneer for the genre.

@youngblue2189

I first heard this song when I a 20 year old kid in prison in 2009. I Went in at 17. Got my GED, did a culinary course and got trusty status. Me and 7 other inmates worked at the San Antonio Food Bank after completing the culinary course. I fought tears hearing this song on the bus ride at 5am on the way to work and this song still makes me tear up today.

@laurynvalenzuela9588

Congrats on your GED and culinary course!! Head high, you're going in the right direction 🥰

@johnworthington4556

Where the fuck is Rick? Did he quit the show and got to work for "Meta"?

@patrickmccarthy3569

You rock my friend God Bless You

@davidtaylor4989

@@johnworthington4556 wow, so edgy

@alexforester9201

That means your a real human. <3

@chrisqalo5208

I’m gonna lay it down here….Fast Car is the greatest debut album by any artist in history - get that in you, and enjoy the music of a living legend who never gave her soul away, but stuck to her true self. That’s why her music hits your soul. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👏👏👏

@former80sdiva

This comment right here. She came out of nowhere and blew us all away

@noodle123ify

This is far and away the best comment section I've ever read. Usually it's a minefield of opinions but something about this song has everyone telling their own story, and it's beautiful.

@blkcoverboy1049

Watching her now live on the 2024 Grammys! So great seeing her 💫🤎

@Armand56

Me too!!!

@LittleMissHoop

Same, she sounds and looks fantastic! Very nostalgic for me

@jayhood2905

Took the words right out my mouth 👏

@mariaolds5531

Absolute chills and tears in my eyes!

@leticiaperezmayorga8003

Somos dos ❤

@JasonG123

Man , why am I uncontrollably crying right now. Time to dive into this woman’s music. I’m 32 year old man, have definitely heard this song many times through out my life but it just is hitting different right now. Comment section did not disappoint. I hope everyone’s problems become manageable

@Mr.2O6

Check out Neville Goddard. Maybe you’ll like what he has to say, maybe not. I wish you well man 🙏🏻

@melissasantiago9941

The emotion is so deep in this song.

@thewatchmen4920

You're 🥲😥😢 because you might've been through a few storms in your life time
🚗💨💨💨💨

@jeannettehouston91

I'm 32 as well and have heard this song many times in my life and it just recently just hit different for me too! Beautiful song I have it on repeat

@zachphil3203

She has much more to offer. She is a true artist and very much underappreciated.

@johnneeder9634

One of those songs where the original is better than any of the cover versions. Love this! Always will!

@macnchessplz

Agree! I remember seeing this video and listening to the song when released.

You couldn’t help having your eyes and ears spin right toward it.I love Tracy and he talent.

Now,people who hadn’t heard is listening.❤

@FiveStateHoops

Remember this song from when I was in High School. It has remained one of my favorites of All-Time. Seeing her perform at the Grammy's was an amazing tribute to this timeless song. They just don't make them like this anymore.

@lilbit1567

One of the absolute best songs ever written. Simple, timeless, so emotional, and wildly relatable. Music just isn't like this anymore. Tracy Chapman is such an amazing artist

@jamiegregg9211

agreed and i am a metal head usually

@kellybodish113

It is very good yes , I can't stop my body from grooving on this one , Ballet ❤💃😁

@jamiejay1496

LiL your so right, Music will never be like this ever again, it’s so said, This Type of music only comes from the Heart.

@sadikin3098

agreed...

@truckintom40

Yes, this is one of those classics that you turn up when it comes on the radio. Maybe you're with your friends and you all "sing" along or maybe you're alone and quietly mouth the words. Regardless of the circumstance, once the song ends, most people will agree... "Damn, that is such a great song."

@sharim9181

Testament to how powerful a quiet unpretentious presence can make. Tracy Chapman is a powerhouse of talent and yet she is humble, and simple in her delivery....she shut the Grammys down. Absolutely amazing presentation. What a gift to see her perform live! Thank you for creating such a poignant message that will resonate for generations Ms. Chapman.

@gusdog4251

Perfectly said

@rebekahcrossman4690

Yes! Seen and so well stated.

@officeboy89

Hopefully, she will release a new record one day

@gavinhardy75

Absolutely. Emotive songcraft, yet there was never any ‘tabloid baiting’ behavior, over the top stage show with dancers and theatrics, nor any competitive ‘oneupmanship’ with contemporaries.

@brigitterudman6465

Agree. She ate it up. All
Those pretentious people and the Hollywood elite in their Gatsby world. Then she comes on that stage and THAT WAS THE MOMENT. -- that will forever be a common link to all GenXers who lived humbly with a key around their necks! Man in was nice to feel like country was real again. For those 3 min and 20 something seconds I forgot about how upside down the country is- and I could catch my breath. Thank
You Tracy.

@webguy943

Permanently part of americas best songs. Iconic.

@jrock2264

This came out the year before we got married. Wife was working at a restaurant, and I was working at a mini-mart.....both poor college students. Always loved this song. We aren't poor college students anymore. Big house in the suburbs. And I got a fast car.

@sam8192

I’m 17 years old. I live in a small town in Australia. I try hard at school, but have to help dad at the farm, I’m a girl, yet I do the boy stuff, tree chopping, heavy weeding, shoveling etc. someday after this I dream to go to the big city, get a job outside my small town and be remembered .

@anubhavmishra8744

All the best

@bernardoribeiro7842

Good luck! I wish you all the best. Have a good life👌👌

@rasdi.langgu

Good luck sis

@user-zn1qe1ee9l

never stop dreaming - that's the way you will get to what you want in life

@agustingarcia1962

You got this sis !

@ripperduck

I was a teacher at a high school in a very poor area of Oregon. This song makes me cry because it described exactly the lives of so many of my students. The part where I break down is when she said she worked at a convenience store and managed to save up a little money. Just enough to go somewhere, anywhere, where they can be someone, be someone. Rips my guts, those are my students, hundreds of them, trying to find some kind of a better life...

@sanfranciscoprofessor2577

Brother, you said it for me. I teach in a working class university, where my students are the woman in this song, the ones who never give up. In old age I learned how to convert my courses to online so they could keep getting their degree while working at the convenience store or at home parenting toddlers. Do you teach English? Every stylistic trait you and I praise as great poetry is present in this song. It creates an unforgettable character and a whole novel about ten years of her life in four minutes and twenty six seconds.

@joeespo177

We're all looking for a better life. Some start out a little further down the road, but we're all going in the same direction.

@ripperduck

@@sanfranciscoprofessor2577 Just got to your message. You're working with the older versions of my students, and they need teachers like you in order to keep pushing, keep fighting. Many of my students become my heroes, they were determined, no matter what, to keep going, to become someone. Most of them came from broken homes, and often, i was their father/uncle/grandfather. Just like you, I did whatever I could to help, if it meant buying them food, tutoring, helping to write papers. accompanying them when they went to unis or community colleges in order that they not get ripped off by the schools.

I didn't teach English, Physics/Math were my subjects. The curriculums were horrible, so I would break it down in terms of concepts, rather than just rote learning and memorization. When they realized they weren't stupid, that it was textbooks and curriculums that were keeping them from learning, it was a huge validation. Oregon State U, where I received by BS Physics, had changed their way of teaching because they realized they were graduating people with BS Physics that didn't know Physics. The department had the integrity to realize it wasn't the student's fault, instead the school was culpable, so they began focusing on concepts, knowing the how and why of Physics, which is what I brought to the classroom. My students realized they were always correct, their STEM classes made no sense.

You teach in San Francisco?!?! I'm from The City, are you a professor at CCSF, or SF State??

@Bourne1984

​@@sanfranciscoprofessor2577 Without you progressive, inspirational teachers we are nothing!
I am not from an underprivileged community or in any way (I feel) disadvantaged, but I have done all my advanced education including my Masters online whilst working full time and raising 2 kids and I really do recognise and appreciate how vital it is in breaking down barriers to opportunities.
I’m from the UK and the Open University (who I don’t personally study with) have been a vital tool to so many over the past decades. Keep up the great work.

@SarahSoLovelyXo

You definitely are a cringe liberal and you're from Oregon? Not surprised.

@pseudoserenity4844

When i first heard this song i thought oh its a good song but didnt pay much attention to it, being in my carefree 20s i was into alternative and metal and goth. Years later i heard this song out of nowhere. I'm middle aged now, childless, never married, but a full time caregiver to my elderly mother who has dementia. Let me tell you this song hits home every time i hear it. I never knew back in my younger years my life would change so dramatically, I'm pretty much trapped here. I love my mom but im drowning in this endless cycle of taking care of her every need. This song speaks to me on a deeper level. She understands the desperate need to just want to leave this current situation and never come back. If you're young, please live you life, travel if you can, experience life, taste foreign foods, meet new people, go somewhere different for dinner, change your hair color, just live before life surprises you with a major change. I wish i could go back to my 20's and live...

@elizabethwalters2965

You're someone already. You don't need to prove yourself. Just be kind and live your life. You became someone the day you were born.

@therealbri3756

I'm bawling listening to this song and remembering my days growing up in rural Jamaica....wanting someone to drive me in a fast car out of poverty. I'm doing great now but missing rural Jamaica❤

@kellyb3540

I wanted to escape a mother who always put me down. The world around me never put me down but like this song, sometimes you can't escape your past... no matter how much you try. ❤️

@KC-xg9ql

Hang in there …leave when you can

@flonoiisana4647

@@kellyb3540 You don't have to accept it. You don't.

@DebbeleeGreen-dk9oh

Take a trip and head back to your roots. Jamaica is the place to be.

@LeftysLefty

It IS kinda funny how that works. It's all part of being human.

@lastwarning1

This is legitimately one of the greatest songs ever written.

@GoodBlessings420

Indeed it is brother, indeed it is.

@bartleyconnolly2255

I second that

@bartleyconnolly2255

Poopie I’m sure we all know it’s a cover but you go find a better one out there and I’ll retract my statement

@makaylavandamme2502

Amen brother

@sistagretchen

My life

@user-gi8zb4pw4l

The hell with everything, Thank You Tracy Chapman. For this great song !

@user-di9ls4ug7e

Happy 60th Birthday Tracy! 🎉

@woneal

This song came out the spring that I was graduating from high school. My friends and I spent the summer listening to this song on repeat as we spent the final summer together before heading off to different colleges all around the country. It all came to a head as I packed up my crappy little car and headed off to college. You know I popped the tape in as I pulled away from the house. I'm 52 years old now, and this song always makes me think about 18 year old me who was heading out into the world.

@whitty6341

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@gititgiitit5450

@@whitty6341 *delete. Like delete yourself.

@gititgiitit5450

this song back then hit hard to me because at that time all I had was a fast car. And no direction in life. What I got from the song was passengers who rode with me would not get far. but I could still help get them to their destination.

@Ghostrob2023

I feel the same way as I'm turning that age next month and by looking back to the past at a young age listening to that song, and now it has more of a feeling and meaning as we get older. I like the song because of the harmony and the melody it has when you're listening to it. And it's one of the best songs from our past. Happy New Year and God bless you and your family, sir.

@luckymom95

It reminds me of better times.

@thegreatgiginthesky387

Not a Grammy visitor. We’ve been here since The Real MTV days…✌🏽❤️🎶

@ofacilitadordoingles

Congrats… want a Grammy for that?

@MrTexaszx2

I can't believe the people brought here by a Grammy performance has thousand of likes but listeners only 125.

@dlomane1965

​@@MrTexaszx2, hmmmp, some people just want to belong, jump on the bandwagon, feel as if they were there when this was originally released. Some just want to join the discussion.

I grew up on this song and it has always been a favorite.

@kimypooh1466

BET n VH1.. I remember pop video on VH1 did this video . MTV n VH1 need to change there meaning asap cause they don't play music videos at all

@cutthebullshytweymon856

Facts 💯💯💯

@justinhennessy868

I find myself listening to this song when the world becomes the loneliest place in the universe, when the people you care about the most are closest to you and so distant and nothing seems like it will be okay.
I love everyone who feels like this. I got you all in my prays cause I’m there also with you ❤️ keep taking those small steps forward. I love you all!

@user-qg3zh6we4r

Tracy has been an inspiration to millions of homeless people in america!. Her music tells me that no matter what, don't ever give up!. I was homeless for 2yrs! & she showed me that you can make it out of homelessness & have a better future!. Today, I own my mobile home & have gotten my family back!. Thx! Tracy! Ur biggest fan, Patti lee 4:26

@therestiveone7369

This afternoon, my fourteen year old daughter (who has been taking guitar lessons for 3 ½ years now) told me that she had begun learning a new song. She'd heard her teacher playing it and asked to learn, because she knew it was a song I liked. The moment she started, I broke down in tears, because it was this song. It was also the very first song that I asked my guitar teacher to teach me when I was younger than her. This has been my favourite song for the majority of my life and it is bred into the hearts of my children. It is such a powerful statement, a beautiful piece of art and I am so very thankful that Tracy Chapman wrote this and stood up and sang it.

@beckyf1890

Your post made me cry. This song is why I want to learn to play guitar. So much nostalgia attached to this piece of art.

@ritawells6426

She sang it on the Grammy's tonight. That is why I came to her sight to watch it
in my day when I first heard it. Love this song so much. Brings back the good
times in my life. God Bless.

@kimperry4068

Beautiful Story!!!

@IeltsTrainer

Wow. Some story! that's what true music does dude, brings hearts together, regardless of their age.

@Billwithopps

Anyone reading this, don’t you dare give up and loose your purpose in life, if you’re ever feeling lonely know that I’ll never loose faith in you, no matter who you are friend

@timelystate9989

Thank you friend

@timidjawa6324

Thank you.

@bukanpemudaormas1340

Im sorry, man... im tired. None hands reached me.

@davylad4804

Was the purpose and faith too tight??

@adamstevens1204

One of the greatest songs from the 90s. Well, before its time and a timeless track

@danmadej8398

"still gotta make a decision, leave tonight or live and die this way". ... An iconic line about life and living ...

@tamaraslaughter8349

I can attest, we often dream of a different life but end up repeating the past if unchallenged... this song is so painful and true, all at once...

@lindodalion

You Are Speaking Truth 🔥

@zoomzoomgt

👍 if 2024 Grammy brought u here....superb Performance! She seems so humble, what a beautiful soul! Luke did a spectacular tribute

@m.gonzalez3090

Ella sabe que lo realmente importante es lo que llevamos en el corazón. ❤

@gdragonstan

2 of my favourite singers, legendary song.❤❤❤

@bennya.3926

Yup.....ageless song❤

@nikodalion9843

Now I understand where the soul from this song is originated from

@kwakukwaku6353

We’re all glad to be here

@dpw181

I just saw her appearance on the Grammys performing this song. I didn't realize she was going to be on the show and my eyes started watering instantaneously when I walked into the living room and she was on camera. Powerful. I played that album on loop when it came out. I saw her at the Amnesty International Human Rights Now tour when it was at the Oakland Coliseum. She stole the show. Just her and her guitar.

@dr.deborahnixon1192

I cried through the whole thing. She, and her song, are beautiful. And the words, where she is now in her life... so meaningful

@alexarodriguez8275

I had a really bad accident recently a traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for 6 days unconscious, I thank god I was able to wake up and fight the battle I face in front of me 3 weeks in the hospital and had to re learn how to do everything from breathe eat and walk on my own this song always gives me hope and the courage to keep going in life I’m 18 and I guess it just wasn’t my time to go I am a walking testimony of gods will power this song helps uplift me

@bartgoldsteen

I love your music I have listened to this song 100 times now
thank you very much

@CarmenGlover

Im glad that a new generation is experiencing Tracy's genuis. I still have this CD from my youth.

@nancyhanley6558

😊 I used to have her tape. I listened to it all the time and about wore it out-;)

@wm5537

I had not listened to this since the 90's... Now I listening to all her music!

@lognemot1377

Amen. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

@joecitizen6046

In early 1988 I was in a really bad place. I would say it was a mixture of "culture shock", PTSD, alcohol, just a whole bunch of crazy stuff going on. Then I was visited by an old girlfriend from when I was active duty navy. This song came on at least a few times a day while we were cruising around St. Paul and Minneapolis for those two weeks. It really motivated me to think about what was important to me. It was a cross-roads of what type of man did I want to become; the whoring drunken father that couldn't hold down a job (like in the song); or the guy that puts on his big boy undies, takes some hits on the chin and starts making a future with the woman he loves and becomes a good family man. After she left, I was empty for a few days but then I started making plans to go live on the coast of Oregon and be the man she needed me to be. We ended up in Idaho and I have been married 35 years to that strong woman and have 3 grown children and some grand babies. Still listen to this song in 2023.

@ashleelorendabird2474

I love u and ur story❤ this is beautiful and I will always think of u when I hear this song plus my own life shit too. Thanks for sharing❤❤❤

@connormclean7979

Good for you man!

@charlene9651

That’s beautiful. Good to hear that actually happens!! Thanks for sharing 😎

@chriswhelan5870

Thank you for sharing that 👍

@samanthadanielle4229

This was so beautiful ❤so happy some people get this happy ending ❤

@davidh7104

This song never gets old. Sounds just as real when I first heard it in 1988 and felt like I could go anywhere, be anyone and do anything.

@joybrnic6606

The song says it all. Life is just a series of false hopes and disappointments.

@rbwkn

Ill never forget being 15 yrs old riding in my husbands car for the first time 17 yrs ago . I felt so free. We got married at 18 and 19 and escaped our abusive families. We started from nothing, worked hard and made a beautiful life together ❤️. Now those car rides feel even more free.

@bullballsallday

Beautiful story. Glad you built something out of escaping tragedy.

@rstjohnw

living the dream, fr fr

@matthewlucas1082

Beautiful story! Keep it up and keep enjoying the ride!

@catde720

What a simple but touching story. These are the kind of people I admire. Well done you 2.

@russelder9743

I am so happy for you guys...hang tough stay safe God Bless

@imhereforitall9218

Tracey's Chapman's version is now #1 on ITunes. Wow!!! How cool is that?

@puggirl415

Of course it is. No one can do it better. I don't even think I have a copy anymore. I need one.

@Canuckmom128

Yay ! So happy for her. She deserves this Renaissance!

@Canuckmom128

Tracy - Hubbie and I have been fans since the 80s. We are thrilled and delighted that your fabulous surprise appearance at the Grammys has introduced you and your music to a new generation. Buckle up, kids…you are in for an amazing ride. Congrats Tracy - your original “Fast Car” back in the top 100. Well deserved. Now THAT is good news 👍🫶🎶💖

@jennifermcintosh1602

This song makes me glad that music exists.

@ceceliagarmer5479

I had the cassette of this song. Can still see it! Played it to death. Flash forward to last Sunday! Seeing Ms Chapman on that stage, her dimples, gorgeous smile, and sheer joy with all the total admiration for her that filled the room. Back in the day, Fast Car, for some reason, spoke to many of us, no matter what background, race, or age. And now it's doing it even bigger with decades of love. Fast car aged as the very finest wines! As did Ms Chapman - didn't age at all! ❤🤗👏🏼🙌🏼🙏🏻

@CJ-3121

Beautifully said...women for the most part run away from gray hair but Tracy embraced hers and it frames her beautiful face effortlessly...Tracy Chapman is and has always been a rare jewel 💎❣️

@claudiasantos2021

❤🎉

@SuzanneDeniseB

❤❤❤

@Pross2175

I’ve had this CD since the release I revisit every few years what a gift. The Grammies was such a wonderful performance so happy for the two of them

@lizgreenspan4883

This song will never age💜💜💜💜💜💜💗💗💗💗

@averilst.clair-celestain7482

I bought the album for my boyfriend at the time, he died a year later in 1989. The entire album is a gem. Congratulations Tracy Chapman on your CMA 35 years later.❤

@tammireddileelamahalakshmi1728

May his soul rest in peace, god bless you and memories❤

@MrTweetyhack

so who you gonna kill next?

@brizzle3903

@@MrTweetyhackgrow up little doofus

@kerchelle95

​@@MrTweetyhackHopefully you

@woodey028

Rest easy.

@queentinadoire6931

Tracy is a Legend. Fast Car will always be a hit.❤

@DawleyDude

None of the remakes of this come close to how Beautiful this is.

@JayJay-pc2nc

This song was my sons favorite's song, he always used to sing it word for word, It was played at his funeral last September, I lost my son he was 34.
My hearts broken, God took my son but cant take my memories, I haven't slept in my bed for a year since he passed as we used to chat to each other through the bedroom walls, They say time will heal but i don't see it, It's harder as the days go past i miss him so much, Fly High son, One day i will see you again. Hold your sisters hand she will guide you

@denisescott3846

May God bless you, I am praying for you 🙏 I am so sorry for your devastating loss, I believe we will be with our loved ones again when we pass, they are with us watching over us until we can be with them again💞

@jeremybagnell5714

🙏💪

@kellyanneden4723

He will always be with you. Go to bed at night and talk to him, he can hear you.

@marychendricks1875

I too lost my son Joey he was 18 ! I miss him forever! My heart is broken forever as well ! I know how you’re feeling and I am so sorry for your loss you’re in my thoughts heart and prayers always Jay Jay ❤❤❤🫶💫😇🙏

@titaniusanglesmith9690

It's nice to think you'll be able to see him again but I just can't help knowing how I am and how plenty of others are. We will take it for granted. We all need to take the present as our only time to experience it

@yaya2006

This song lit the Grammy award 2024. She performed!! It became the most memorable moment of the night.

@SereneBliss

God bless

@MsKittyKitty777

No one can ever do this song as well as Tracy!!! I have loved this song from the first moment I heard it and it is her presentation that makes it have the true emotion! Years later here I am still listening to her sing it and feeling the true emotion.

@37ARP

Wow! What a song. Liked it when it came out back then. Like it now.

@lauramooney5181

Congratulations Tracy Chapman for winning Song of the Year 35 years after you released this wonderful song!! We are blessed a second time with your classic hit.❤

@rjmurphyo0

As great as the song is and it's award worthy however, how does a song that's not from 2023 get song of the year? I thought that's awarded to songs of that particular year

@INNNTRANZZZ

❤

@Sean-John

​@@rjmurphyo0because Luke used her lyrics word for word word. The people writing the songs and originally sang it would deserve it more? I'm sure he wouldn't feel comfortable accepting it either. Its hard for people to understand though when you think the performers are at the top when realistically most have writers.

@doonfish

@@Sean-Johnyou didn’t answer the question

@mikeholmes3203

he did! 1st thing he posted it gets best song cause someone is singing it, whether it be today or 35 years later. you sat in the back of the class huh?
@@doonfish

@cloaiz3r

Whos still listening to the original in 2024?!?!

@kristophergoad2135

It's the best

@PatriciaSmith-tn2zj

🙋🏼‍♀️

@user-qq1wo9xv1l

Me

@tonipierce7354

So am i

@sharonherrera3050

i am

@spikes-tactical

This song is the American dream, so beautiful. From a 55 yo white man.

@user-ho1kp5fj9r

It's about someone who runs from an oppressive life, only to find that the person she ran away with is just as hopeless as the life she ran from. Not really a dream.

@user-lv3fp5xc8d

I wore out two cassettes of this album. I drove handicapped adults to their jobs near Baltimore. It was such a great time for music.🎶

@mawipatricio4358

Still can't believe this song is 35yrs old but still hits the spot you can't consciously reach.

@shirleycruz4484

Verdade ,,, uma boa música 🎶 nunca envelhecer 🎉😊

@chelliz88

Stop. I'm the same age as this amazing song?! Yikes.

@chelliz88

@@margaretr5701 I just didn't realize it was a song from the 80s! It just got covered by a country singer and I definitely thought it was a newer song than that.

@margaretr5701

@@chelliz88 I know, time flies!

@justinvermaas367

I'm 36 this song has been my life's theme song!

@coraliesette1472

This song is an absolute anthem for all the believers and hard workers out there who never gives up 🙌🏼 And she has the most beautiful voice ever, an angel’s voice ❤

@Augie090

CRAZY to BELIEVE she won a CMA AWARD today, for this SONG!! And it's been 35 YEARS!!!🫢🙆

@doomman700

@@Augie090it’s crazy it took them 35 years to recognize it. They only did so because it was covered recently and that is the bad thing. This was the best 35 years ago

@wendym1234

Yes. I personally love her raw version more than the new version. He has a good voice too and I can see why he got recognition. But I still like her version better. And the words fit better for a young black woman.

@1NicholasInSeattle

Awe men to that!!! :--))

@karengossett1475

Still brings tears to my eyes and hope to my heart!! What a treasure 🙏💞

@gayemcphelan4895

Beautiful woman, Great voice!

@chrisqalo5208

I came here to bring back the memories after Tracy and Luke’s Grammy performance which stole the show. Tracy is simply a LEGEND. Perhaps the greatest song ever written 🙏🏻👏👏👏

@gskn7147

In 1988 i was 13 years old. I was so attracted and enthralled by this song. The words just resonated. I had no idea at 13 why this song made me cry. Now i recently turned 50. I know exactly why I felt this way at 13. Hearing Tracy performing with Luke Combs was bliss.

@kathrynbaker7529

I hear you! I was 11.

@naomiwartes9908

Her voice is so beautiful. Coming from the grammys 2024

@user-iu1mx8uz7v

Never a dry eye when listening.

@RichardHannay

“The sorrows of life are the joys of art”

@gabrielepassoni8598

Can't stop crying listening to this. This is for all the people who deserved a better life and haven't had it. Heads up and trust the future. It'll be bright.
Edit: thanks to all the beautiful messages down here. Remember: a smile, a greeting, a little word of love, doesn't cost much to us. But it can change the entire day for another person.

@saltypdk348

You too! Stay strong 💪

@braydengilman663

I've gone through a abusive dad and he hurt my mum brother and sister swell as me and I'm so depressed I just wanna end things

@gabrielepassoni8598

@@braydengilman663 what man? Are you pretending? Cause if it's a joke it's a bad one.

@braydengilman663

@@gabrielepassoni8598 why would I be pretending

@gabrielepassoni8598

@@braydengilman663 mate what's the meaning of "end things"? I imagine uou refer to the bad things in your life...

@demiloca

1988. The year I graduated high school. This is one of the most amazing songs ever. Tracy is an absolute original and her voice has been sorely missed.

@1ChxnceLxnce

I was born in 88. God bless you. 🚗💨

@Timenow1

I was in 9th grade....class of 91 & today still loving Tracy (especially her dreads) ❤

@madero-jb5ri

I discovered this song back in early 2000s thinking it was a new song. 😂

@janetbonney6265

I was 27 and loved this song the first time I heard it, driving through the Great Smoky Mountains of N.C. Thought it was unusual and rather amazing. 35 years later I still feel the same way.

@suikodudeman

I was 4 years old in 88. Always happy to find great songs like this that I might’ve missed when younger (whether sung by the original artist or a cover)

@logangodfrey6735

The day this video was released was the day my daughter was born. I’ll never forget it. Now we sing to it! This song and “Clover Cage - The Chess Piece” are the two songs keeping me sane through these tough times. I just want to send love to everyone and I want everyone to know things will get better. We are in this together..I love you 💝

@robertwhiteside6194

Hard choices all of us have to make for a better life, THANK YOU Tracy ❤

@monax9243

Dedicated to all those trying to escape a past they did not create because they were born in a poor community in a poor family in an impoverished country. Always hope for better, never stop trying.💗💯💪

@Horizon Black You and me both, friend. 41 years; I'll give up when they put me in the fucking ground, and this song will flash across my tombstone.

@jorussell9918

💓

@jorussell9918

@ yeah 😳

@julieberry8523

Hear here! There’s no truer way to live than those of us who were born to try.

@raffaeledonofrio2729

I grew up poor. Father was a laborer and my mom didn't work because mental disorders. They both were dead by the time I turned 35. As an adult I am successfully. But I still and always struggle to escape the past.

@LionsOfJudah

Who’s here from the grammys? 🔥🔥🔥 man I forgot all about this song. Growing up in trinidad & tobago i heard this song all the time on the radio. Nostalgia. Congrats Tracy. You’re a legend 🫶🏾❤️‍🔥

@staceyleeper1380

I love this song. It's my one of my favorites.

@niksnic86

🇹🇹

@galecoltd7503

Trinidad 🇹🇹

@jdg814

My home.. Trinidad 🇹🇹 🇹🇹

@hersheywalks5771

🇹🇹 🇹🇹

@borisaguilar5294

❤Happy Birthday to Queen Tracy Chapman ❤ Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, widely known for her hit singles "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason". She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987.
Thank you for all the hope, love and inspiration you have given me thought your MUSIC Legacy amen.

@rubenrodriguez7231

I’ve heard the Luke Combs version not knowing was a remake.

While at work today i was listening to Sirius 80s on 8. Heard this version and my supervisor told me this is the original song.

I instantly fell in love with this version. Way better than the Luke Combs Version. Now on my way home, it’s on repeat. At 24 this song hits a lot different

@tajtandoori9076

Her song is perfect it didn't need to be remade but good that Luke brought it to a whole new generation

@andrewlong6825

One of the greatest songs ever written. An absolute masterpiece.

@lauried.7714

I have loved this song forever. Yeah, I'm old LOL

@Art7220

So it's a country song now?

@mikezburke1

It's just so honest and deep and universal.

@user-po4cz9io9z

it is really good

@carldejeff6012

😆

@johnfalcon3335

This song is for all of us who didn't grow up in an ideal home environment. We can make something of our life and be someone despite of what we came from. We can be someone because of where we came from. Never lose hope.

@baseballquilter

Beautiful human being! Thank you, Tracy, for driving in the car with me and my dad!😇🥰

@ginnyd240

Beautiful song and beautiful singer❤

@paullopez2021

This is from the 80s ?! This could pass for '91 thru '94. Not to mention Luke Combs's cover was a hit on pop radio last year. Tracy Chapman was wildly ahead of her time w this one. Glad to see she's getting the love she deserves.

@jeanpierreviergever1417

Watch her Wembley performance from 1988. You’ll see her getting an audience.

@rukeyser

Dude - she's been getting it for decades - and yes it's a treat to have new folks to carry it on.
#askanydyke

@BonganiZulu877

I can’t believe y’all noticing this song after the Grammys😢 - this is one of the greatest songs ever written nor produced

@celieboo

Yup. 1988 was a good year for music.

@dalion7790

Right she's a legend and this song is legendary

@lascosasporsunombre8991

well, there is a life before and AFTER hearing this song for the first time.

@sheluvshe7578

I agree

@Andrewtinky

Yeah it’s kinda crazy

@jacopodolce684

This song is a masterpiece.

@AshleeArmfield-mi3wv

My fiance played this song to me and I cried, I absolutely love this song, we have to make a decision leave tonight or live and die this way. This song describes my life right now, thanks Chapman for such a great song 💞