Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (Live)

How can someone write a song that breaks your heart and lifts your soul at the same time? Absolute legend.

It's funny how you can hear a song when you're young and have no life experience, then hear the same song again years later, and it hits completely different.

She is a legend. I love her.❤

Back in the 80's, I was laid off from my short-lived corporate job with Chase in Boston (ah, "downsizing," as we called it then), and I got a job as the night "manager" (mainly stocking and facing shelves) at the WordsWorth Bookstore in Harvard Square. I remember a certain young woman busking in the Square a few times, and thought she had an amazing voice. I had little to spare, but I gave her a few bucks here and there. Imagine my surprise and delight when she released her first album, hearing that same, unmistakable voice sing this and so many other great songs on the radio. Glad I was able to witness and be part of her journey in a tiny way.

No fancy light, props dancing, costume..just pure singing..pure Gold.

35 yrs after the original release she takes the 2023 CMA Song of the Year award! BRAVO TRACY! X

Beauty. Beauty. Beautiful. Just a masterpiece. Nothing better.

One of the most beautiful voices in music...

Tracy grew up in poverty, when she sings you can feel her reaching out to us from those childhood moments. God bless you!

She rocked the Grammy’s.

My great great great great great grandson/ grandaughter will still be playing this song. Timeless

Oh Tracey this song.. It is on another level! You tell the story so well..heartbreaking and yet full of hope.. ❤

Pure legend. One of the best songs ever written. Period.

35 years ago this was a masterpiece of writing and singing. 35 years later? Still a complete masterpiece. Tracy sounds just as good. Man, she looks like she aged about 2 hours! Incredibly talented. Her blues guitaring is sensational. Beautiful musician.

This helped me through a lot of shit. I was 12 helped me then, helps me now. Thnx for all

What can I say, but Oh my God Tracy….Thank You!! Love from Utah ❤️❤️❤️❤️

It’s so rare that a song can paint a picture that makes you feel as if you’ve watched a whole movie with these characters and are feeling the emotions right there with them

There are songs that cause you to dance, there are songs that cause you to sing out loud, and there are songs that keep you silent in the stillness of your soul . This song is the latter…truly touching

Always loved this song! Still do.. ❤

I so, so , so love her. I was about 13 when I won her debut album. I knew even then that she was amazing. Much love, friend.