Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (Official Music Video)

Official Music video for Tracy Chapman - "Fast Car" from 'Tracy Chapman' (1988)

[@Kountry_k_killa]

We Love you Tracy!!! My wife and I got married in 1986 I was 17 and she was 16 and Pregnant.. I remember us lying in bed listening to this song over and over it brought us some comfort in our little crazy world.. 37 Years and 4 Kids later we still love this song..❤❤❤❣💯

[@ArAkBmttd]

So young starting a family and still going! That is amazing! Congratulations!

[@katberry2797]

❤ Congratulations

[@NativeCanna]

❤

[@denos.2688]

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

[@juancitoperez2856]

jajaja no pegaba una el dogor

[@ritacolorito9618]

Raise your hand if seeing Tracy Chapman perform at the Grammys made you shed a tear or two. Thank you for sharing your gift with us again.

[@kristab6981]

I bawled lol.

[@pamelataylor3933]

Didn't watch the Grammys, but I'm crying now.

[@gwendolynwilborn1743]

Yes, and she looked so surprised and touched when she got the standing ovation.

[@f-luva-luva]

For me, it took me back to 1988 when I was a kid. The good times in my life. Now, I listen to this with more mature ears and understanding. It made me tear up. Was great to see Tracy.

[@stephenhazelwood4924]

Been hearing this for 30 years . Definitely still hits

[@manemakeda]

June 2024, who is with me?

[@culastv-lt5uh]

Here

[@aldairtomas1942]

Here broda!

[@ten3381]

I’m with you!

[@sissoukirito6953]

Juin

[@BrynDonovanWriter]

Hey 😊

[@seanbonella]

April 2024...who's watching/?????

[@lindakoch8406]

Love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sweetislandboyz]

Me

[@user-nj5bd8ly1y]

regularly!!!!!!

[@ageepageee]

I’m crying does that count?

[@thefantasticboy720]

Me

[@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!

[@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.

[@9PrinceHarry9]

I’m leaving my comment here so when someone likes it, I can listen to this masterpiece again.🤩

[@Folker46590]

So much better than the current country version, sung by some dude.

[@malusikhumalo4395]

I did exactly that, so please go and listen.

[@erinwalter132]

@@Folker46590 Some Dude sang the "Country" version of this Epic Masterpiece. U can move along. Bye.

[@AnthonyJones-iq9cg]

I just brought you back again lol

[@ruprectmonkeyboy1856]

there you go. you're welcome.

[@daf222001]

Who's watching June 2024?

[@GoArian]

😅

[@Bob300super45]

:)

[@tantuce]

UK here :)

[@nubiaceballos1596]

Panamá

[@caseyh2115]

I am here in June with you.. 100%. I shield you with what I have to give.. I have nothing and no one.. but I live still somehow. I am with you.

[@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.

[@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.

[@matttoftness6811]

Tracy’s version is the best; you can sense the need for love and her desperation to break free from her situation. She totally sells this song. After all these years I’m still listening. Timeless…

[@gen8319]

Yesssssssssss

[@brucebanner52]

All other versions are bastardisations designed purely to generate views/listens with Zero respect to the original and NO emotional attachment to the lyricism. Do not listen to any other version or any version that tries to turn songs into dance mixes just by adding a stupid drum beat (pleb bait for no taste losers) only this version.

[@qynzeljones]

@@brucebanner52 surely you're not saying this about the jim o'rourke version

[@jawnehboi]

Quit asking if anyone is still listening. We never stopped

[@YGaming1011]

Facts

[@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.

[@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

[@ramilurbano7785]

MAY 2024 anyone?

[@wytedevil8819]

late May🎉

[@carolloon6660]

me ...May 2024

[@EmgyOw]

Late may.❤

[@undertheblackflag5877]

Yup

[@alsonngambom09]

Here

[@mikeawesome9212]

Congrats Tracy Chipman on being invited back to the Grammys for the first time in over 30 years.

[@ClayTorres69]

Grammy's should be congratulating themselves fpr having Tracy CHAPMAN

[@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 😢

[@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?

[@bibiokies]

Who is here 2024??? Im 44 and this song makes sooo much sense to me now unlike when i was younger, thank you Tracy for this great masterpiece🙏🙏

[@FarmsteadEhlerOffical]

May 2024 who’s still watching?

[@asmrclaire5476]

Yep

[@auntdiane1578]

Me

[@okusaga2]

May 24, 2024

[@liznyokabi4639]

Me here

[@omofinefine2078]

I an here.

[@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.

[@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

[@jcdova29]

I can close my eyes hear this song and think of my struggles through life and feel grateful I made it. I made peace with the trauma my demons and the chaos that surrounded me. Raised my kids with my beautiful wife and find myself wiser and happier than ever.

[@madeovstarstuff]

Dunno why but it always rouses up emotions in me. Close to tears I won't lie, can't for the life of me understand why. Beautiful song, beautiful, beautiful song.

[@WeezyD313]

Happy To hear that bud. This makes me smile. Hoping I can tell the same tale

[@garyault-hx6bv]

A masterpiece that defines the human experience for the majority.

[@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.

[@mikeawesome9212]

​@JayCor-er7oj Well now days ya never know anyway. Guys pretending to be girls and vice versa all over the place.

[@davidelliott5843]

AutoTune has a lot to answer for. It’s ruing the real music we used to know and love.

[@WarriorAuranae]

It’s the silver lining, but now anytime I hear the cover I cringe, like “the original is so much better, whyyy”

[@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

[@karenpeterson9457]

I lost my friend to suicide in December. We used to drive around the city and she would sing along for me. Miss her every day.

[@JohnsonVJones-xo1ef]

So sorry about her lost, Hi 👋 there! How are you doing today? It's nice to meet you on here.

[@joshuamartinez8588]

It's crazy how this song stays relevant throughout these years. That's a definition of a true songwriter, and she aged like fine wine

[@naomiwartes9908]

Her voice is so beautiful. Coming from the grammys 2024

[@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

[@selasieassiseh625]

June 2024...this song is timeless...fantastic

[@AdamSalek-wg1kj]

is there any1 watching this in 2024??

[@tunsiecarthage7523]

Yo momma watching jeezzz

[@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

[@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

[@SirLadyA]

That means your a real human.

[@arunkumarcg653]

Who watching 2024 may😮

[@user-je1tp6vf8x]

Me it’s honestly better than the new version

[@tacy-annbrown2652]

Present

[@juliansuarez1815]

May 2024.. Who's watching??

[@tunsiecarthage7523]

Just stfu and stop asking shit questions. Just enjoy the freaking music. Jeezz

[@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."

[@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 ❤

[@jonathangwinn490]

I remember this song coming out back in the early to mid 90s. Since then I can't recognize the world like I used to. Nothing familiar now it seems. Just turned 41 and still coming back to these songs that are so much more special to me now than then. As if we all lost our collective familiarity with the world at some point in time that we can't fully recall. Anybody else feel this way ever?

[@Thatguywhodoesthings]

this is me but from 2019-like 2023. it just blends tooghetr

[@AC-vn9wg]

I feel that too. Isn’t it just that we grew up and realized how bizarre everything is? How bittersweet life is? Do everyone feel like this as they get older?

[@TEFLON_DON_855]

June 2024.... who's listening?

[@patri5424]

Me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@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

[@stieg_smith]

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.

[@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.

[@priscillaoliveira7469]

2024 quem está assistindo?

[@brendanhighway1376]

One of the greatest songs of all time. Timeless and universal. Thank you, Mz. Chapman! You're amazing.

[@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.

[@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.

[@CrustyUgg]

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

[@alphacode5452]

Jun 2024…… Who’s watching ?

[@hernangomez3435]

Junio 2024 🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@JonathanStephenHarris]

Grammy viewer here!

[@jakestroll6518]

Welcome. We’ve been waiting for y’all to wake up to this gem.

[@yasminmaldonado7998]

😂😂😂

[@user-xq1pg2ww1d]

😂

[@lisaVR46]

Here I am!but also before of course

[@nanylebron3597]

I loved the Grammy performance!❤!

[@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.

[@christmbo7618]

Mai 2024 ❤️❤️❤️

[@themistocles4683]

I remember listening to this song stationed in Iceland with the Air Force, June 1988 on my walkman cassette player. I was 23 then. I'm pushing 60 years old now.

[@kingkali4704]

"Leave tonight, Or live and die this way" Powerful Quote

[@christopheroliver4757]

Yep...

[@user-gi6ee8vj1y]

I was in a situation like that, once. I knew if I didn't make a move at a particular time, it was never going to happen.

[@vasteeleosyouregirlfriend6370]

King kali your so right

[@agirl9676]

💜

[@fuhspams6110]

That lyric inspired me to end a friendship/relationship spanning over 13 years but was abusive. Powerful stuff.

[@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🎉.

[@rockout500]

May 2024… who’s watching?

[@Queentravelagencyandtours]

May 2024 who here right now ❤

[@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.

[@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 !!!

[@ianraab5750]

This has been one of my favorite songs since the '90s. Tracy if you ever read this thank you so much.

[@2525Anu]

This hits different at 40

[@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...

[@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

[@jamesfleming1155]

This might be one of the greatest songs ever written. I want to explain why but I don’t think it’s necessary.

[@BarryMikokinju]

Ye no need, just agreed

[@KnockOut242]

I ADORE Tracy Chapman! ❤

[@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.

[@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 !

[@samuelmaianga2175]

May 2024, who's still listening?

[@erik24ization]

Mid May 2024, who's listening?????

[@missdirtyslot7511]

👋

[@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 🙏💞

[@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

Such an awesome song!!!!!!

[@Alexanderlee904]

I just learned this song on guitar. I’ve heard it a thousand times, always enjoyed it. But playing it, and singing it allowed me to feel it in a way I never have. I never realized how crushing this song is. The more I played it the more the verses were hitting me and by the end I was sobbing and singing at the top of my lungs. That is a masterpiece.

[@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]

😆

[@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)

[@ashah328]

Who is watching? 2024

[@kellyprosser6246]

im sure here in 2024.x👍

[@alejandropaniagua3243]

5/01/2024 👌🏻👌🏻

[@APODEBOTA]

Me bro bcoz my dreamz was shattered a long long time ago

[@NizahKunda-ts1eq]

🎉🎉 Zambia

[@timbuk1126]

One of the greatest songs ever written. It's rather uncomplicated in some ways and there aren't any fancy musical motifs. What it does have is heart and soul. ❤

[@aarons1811]

The older I get, the sadder this song feels...

[@knuckle12356]

I was six when this came out. Sad song, sure. But thats not me. Won't be me. Certainly.not having heard this warning. 20's come and go. 30's almost gone. Only thing now is I don't have the kids, the partner, shitty or not, my car isn't particularly fast. Not often that families start mid 40's to 50's which is the most condensed timeline that is still halfway realistic given im single lonely and have no prospects. Takes time to build something before starting down the road of child rearing. So thats likely to never happen. I've lost 2 lovers, that im certain of - possibly 3, to drug overdoses. Can't imagine why this song hits harder with every passing moment. I actually got close to fatherhood once. She had kids, and they are wonderful. The fathers, not the most...well, lets just say you wouldn't brag to bag em... but she terminated ours without ever telling me what had happened. Not for some time. I dont need a fast car. Just a steep drop.

[@aarons1811]

@@knuckle12356 Hey 👍🏽 I think sharing your experiences with a complete stranger is incredibly brave and I commend you for it. Reading your post, I notice a theme... not giving up. Despite the knock-backs, you keep trying. Losing 3 lovers is heartbreakingly sad, but the fact that it's 3 and not 1 tells me that each time you've dusted yourself off and gone again. This requires spirit which is a priceless gift that cannot be bought. Everyone deserves happiness (this means YOU), so take care of yourself and keep the faith. The Universe (God) has a plan for us all...

[@knuckle12356]

@@aarons1811 appreciate your words.

[@aarons1811]

@@knuckle12356 I believe what I say and say what I believe 😁👍🏽

[@ajatathemu]

@@knuckle12356 I hope you’re doing well.

[@Spor71]

Everyone on here still listening to this song in 2021 is a Legend

[@philanipromkhulise5671]

Seconded 😄

[@frankiejoynson7839]

Yes I'm from England love this and all others I'm 35 x

[@michaelmuchai9046]

You can say that louder

[@BenandMattGaming]

Me

[@shenshen_7846]

@@frankiejoynson7839 nice,I'm 23

[@user-xs9ge1se6b]

June the 2nd 2024 it's been in my head all day. This song inspired me to make the moves that are meant for my soul not the moves that satisfy the masses

[@NicoleenDaniels]

I'm tuned in May 2024. The best of music.

[@miaqasim6859]

I

[@muffs55mercury61]

5/16/24 here

[@yaya2006]

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

[@SereneBliss]

God bless

[@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.

[@LouisTomlinson_28]

👇🏼The 2024 button

[@rahzanfire9094]

June 2024 who’s watching

[@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. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@rsajtxr]

2023 and this song still hits hard. 🎶

[@watever_mc]

Ohhhh yeah💞💞

[@donnaheyes7901]

2023 here 😁

[@me.rms3447]

Yes indeed.!!! Here in 2023 !!!

[@bohlalemokoena4712]

Obsessed with her music

[@eltonwilliams6341]

Yessassa👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@murdhonno_koi]

2024 anyone?

[@YaaWusua]

Tears keep flowing 😭😭😭😭. Fast car forever

[@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]

hello Will. This story doesn't mention either herion or death..? please delet comment

[@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.

[@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!

[@thabitmlaki2541]

May 2024 who am I enjoying this joint with???

[@harrisonmitchell4159]

Tracy Chapman has always been an artist out of time. What a generational talent T____T

[@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 💯💯💯

[@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

[@Lara-fm7nh]

Onde estão os brasileiros ouvindo esse hino?!

[@Bethos1247-Arne]

I knew Tracy is good. I didn't know she is this good. THIS GOOD.

[@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💜💜💜💜💜💜💗💗💗💗

[@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.

[@Mathus43]

Tracy Chapman i will Always Love you❤❤

[@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!