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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman →Tracy Chapman5716:401,337,458 listeners11,269,936 plays
folkacousticfemale vocalists80ssinger-songwriter
about this song
“Fast Car“ by Tracy Chapman is a story about two lovers who met in the wrong place, and in the wrong time. The character speaking in first person has a hard relationship with their family. The lovers are also poor. The Fast Car Songfacts says: When the then unknown Tracy Chapman was booked to appear down the bill at the Nelson Mandela birthday concert at Wembley Stadium on June 11th 1988, little did she know her appearance would be the catalyst for a career breakthrough.