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 rocked the Grammy’s.

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

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

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

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

This song is timeless ❤❤thank you Tracy !who’s listening in 2024

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

This song still feels fresher than ever in 2023... Absolutely timeless 😊❤

Here after her 2024 Grammy performance anyone?

This is crazy how she basically wrote a movie in lyrical form. 😮

Oh how I remember where I was when I first heard this song. I was in a terrible marriage, looking for a way out. I bought the CD (which btw has numerous great songs), and listened to this over and over again. It's an emotionally and melodically complicated song that clearly resonates with SO MANY different people. Thank you, Tracy Chapman, and I'm so glad I got to see you sing this live.

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

One of the greatest songs ever written.

I was married in 1976 and my wife and I used to go for drives in the evening almost every night. It was a time when we could share where we wanted to go in life and how we could get there. They were good times and I remember them well. When this song was released in 1988 I had been divorced for a year and was now a single parent of three. This song brought back those memories and on occasion caused me grief. All those dreams gone forever. But it also inspired me. I was a Father of three young children and they relied on me to help make their dreams come true. I would take my youngsters everywhere with me. I'd listen to what they wanted and how they thought they would get there while we were out just driving around. I had a motorcycle with a sidecar in those days and we were out often just roaming around. It introduced my kids to a whole new world of bikers and how they lived and what their values were. I used to take my brats to live music venues so they could appreciate real music performed by real people. We did a lot of things together and I always tried to open their eyes up to the real world. To this day every time I hear this song I am reminded of those three babes and how much they learned from our "Driving our fast car". I never achieved so many of those things I wanted in the early days due to circumstances but I did achieve one thing. My kids still remember those days and they know who their Dad is. That's good enough for me.

I was 14 when this song came out ...I'm 51 now , she still sounds bad ass !

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.

I am 58 years old. This is one of the most impactful songs I've ever heard, back in the day.

There is not a sole on earth, nor will ever be, that can cover this song better than the original. No way no how.

"You gotta make a decision. Leave tonight or live and die this way." I am listening on repeat...and I will make a decision. Thank you Tracy.

Growing up with an alcoholic father ,dropped out of school as an A student at his request, only to lose him to suicide 18 years after. This is my story as a grown man whose been recovering from addiction myself. Broken homes. Shattered lives , this song touches lives on so many levels.....

The only difference between this version and the latest Comb’s release is Tracy’s sends shivers up your spine.

This is called real talent. Never heard of this song until the Grammys 2024, and now I cant stop listening to it. It came out before I was born. Thanks Tracy for sharing this treasure with us.

The live version sounds exactly the same as the recorded version what a legend

This woman's musical genius was granted by God Himself.

Just pure raw talent. This song is all about dreams. Without dreams we die. The only way to make it in life is to dream big and never let anyone tell you that you cant make it. Believe in you always, Always.

Songs like this can only be written by an artist not an entertainer

Knocked me flat when this first came out in 1988, still does in 2024. Timeless, Haunting Classic 😊

This type of song makes an artist immortal.

I've loved this song since it was released in the late 80s. More recently, I've studied trauma and adverse childhood conditions, and I can say this song so poignantly captures the desperate plight of so many souls. Look at the way that the song seems to meander in the first half in the same locked pattern - like the way people are locked into the patterns of their lives. This musical repetition seems to go on longer than is usually expected in a song: when we think it ought to break into a chorus, it returns to "You got a fast car..." and holds the same pattern. It builds a tension which makes the break, when it comes, more powerful. The chorus "I remember we were driving..." is that emotional outpour, not quite a dam burst, but a surge of desperate hope fueled by one single moment in time where everything felt right, or right enough, in which she glimpsed a fleeting vision of how life could and should be, where she felt she belonged and could be someone. "Be someone, be someone," echoes the desperation of those whose thwarted ambitions are inextricably bound in self-defeating patterns and trauma. And then the musical surge is lost and, true to the nature of emotional dissociation, we go back again to the repetition of "You got a fast car..." In writing the song, Tracy was surely too young to have technical knowledge of things like trauma and dissociation - and yet it's there - she knew it introspectively, and captured it instinctively as an artist in the lyrics and how they are woven with the music. The song doesn't flinch in honestly portraying that such positive dreams aren't enough for so many people who hold on to the vision for a while, as reality continues to fail to meet it, and it becomes less real to them, until that one inspiring memory of feeling a sense of belonging loses its power as emotional fuel for the future, and comes to be just a memory of a moment in one's past, though a memory still worth cherishing. The song has been beautifully breaking my heart for 35 years.

Pure, raw talent. Just her amazing voice, and a guitar. No filters, no flashing lights, dancers or anything. Just Tracy Chapman singing so beautifully.

35 years. That's how you know it's timeless

Who's listening in December 2020? Tracy is just Amazing!

If you're watching this in 2021, I love you and you're not alone.

I’d pay big money to see this sung live. Absolute legend!

I absolutely love the fact that you could literally hear a pin drop during most of this song because the audience was dead silent just listening to her sing an absolute legendary piece of work. Love this song even more now than when I heard it when I was younger. Means soo much more now.

One woman, one guitar and a million hearts touched. So many emotions captured so beautifully. The world needs more Tracy's instead of all this hate

She certainly doesn’t need any studio recording tricks to make her voice better. Sounds every bit as amazing live as it does on the radio. Awesome song!

It just won the CMA Song of the Year award after 35 years.

No cell phones. Everyone living in the moment. I miss those days.

This song has undoubtedly withstood the test of time. It has perhaps reached a point where we can agree that it is immortal

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

You can feel and hear all the pain in her voice. I love this song.

This song speaks to the struggle of the average person especially marginalized members of our society. It's quite a composition. There's just something special about Tracy Chapman.

Who's listening to Tracy Chapman in 2021, this song and performance was amazing🤩, like if u agree..

Remember this song growing up, always playing in background, now listening to the lyrics at 40, this has to be one of the best songs ever written, it hits me in the gut, she is truly gifted.

Tracy is one of the true gifts of our lifetimes. This song stays with you forever. Be some one - good!

Quasiment 40ans 💖💘incroyablement intemporel 💖💖💖 merciii Madame tracy pour ses chansons qui me rappelle ma jeunesse, j'ai mal ..

This is the only version that exists in my world. Tracy is amazing. Long live the 80s.

When she sings ‘take your fast car and keep on driving’ my heart breaks!

I remember hearing this song on the radio as a kid in the 90's on our trips to visit my grandparents. I've always loved this song and have learned to understand and appreciate the emotion behind it more and more as time has passed. So happy for the newfound recognition Tracy has received for her talents and craft.

I was born and raise in another country and not having a clue what she was singing about I'm now living in the States. I'm so fortunate to be able to understand what she sings about ¡Bravo!

We don't look for old songs, we look for the memories they carry

Credit to the audience for not singing along and allowing us to hear her beautiful voice.

Thank you Tracy for your talent, your clean voice , your music , it was a pleasure to see you at the 2024 Grammy, you showed that we still have real artists.

I've played this video so many times today. Thank you for this song, Tracy. It speaks to so many of us.

Her voice is insanely good and the song was already recognized for its excellence by her fans before current popularity.

Her voice is velvet. I’m glad Combs covered this and brought it to a new generation who may have forgotten this masterpiece. Real music fans will always go looking for the original, so they get introduced to Chapman

The whisper quality of her voice. Goosebumps

Now as a full-fledged grown-up, I have fallen in love all over again with this song, truly iconic. Also, how does she look more gorgeous now, it's like time skipped right over her.

35 year old song. Gives me chills hearing it again. Love it!!!

One of the greatest songs of all time

Life got in the way of her dreams. My goodness I keep crying as a middle aged person that can relate to this. Hits different than when I was a kid.

I likr this song. It reminds me of my daughter who is at that point in her life that she makes some important decisions - stay and be tormentef or leave and live! May God help her to leave and come and live with her dad. I love her a lot❤. She's my princess!

I have one of two involuntary reactions when I hear this song. Either I gently weep OR, I crank the volume up to a “10” and belt the song at the top of my lungs. 35 years and 1,000 plays later, this song still deeply touches my soul. 🤍

I agree with Frank Bruno of the New York Times (in his opinion article of this week): this song is perfect. Ms. Chapman’s voice is clear, ever so poignant, and agelessly beautiful; her inner and her outer beauty is timeless, everlasting; her eyes both (1) invite us to her soul; and (2) drill into ours with ruthless, but loving precision. Like so many others who commented, I have loved this song since she first gave it to us and it never ever loses its luster. I first heard Fast Car when I was 27; now, at 61, it is still one of my very few “go to” songs for comfort, solace, and inspiration. Thank you for sharing this precious gem, Ms. Chapman!

Not only is this a beautiful song. But the lyrics are so impactful. I’ve been listening since it was released and it has the same impact on me even now. Genius at work

I have discovered Tracy Chapman through Luke Combs. She has such a remarkable voice!

This is the type of song that as you get older, the more you connect to it.

Tracy Chapman. Fast Car. Love this song. Hits on such a personal level and im sure many have gone through similar or same circumstances. Tracys voice brings back nostalgia.

National treasure since the 90s.. she is the key to peace

This storytelling in this song is so vivid and well-written. A timeless masterpiece that never fails to make me smile. Thank you, Tracy.

Her voice is so free and real, filled with lots of emotions. I love her.

Well 😂 it's funny how KZfaq is the closest thing to a time machine backup... This jam is timeless

Vivo en México y Tracy Chapman ha estado en mí repertorio musical desde niña, tantos maravillosos artistas desde los 50´s.60´s,70´s,80´s, 90´s, algunos ya se han ido y otros simplemente han sido olvidados...sé que hay música nueva, pero espero que se comience a revivir la buena música del pasado y no darla al olvido...son reliquias musicales.

There is something so achingly, yearningly sad about this song. It sounds like the opposite of having your whole life ahead of you. Like it’s already too late and you’re almost at the finish line, without having to truly live at all. Definitely one of the saddest songs for me, from the melody, the lyrics, even Tracy’s beautiful tone.

Beautiful song. Reminds me of my long faded youth. I miss being filled with hope. 🥺

So glad Luke covered this and she is getting more recognition by a new generation. This touched my soul when first released.

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

one of the best songs ever written. It grabs hold of your soul and takes you for a ride. Absolutely beautiful. I never get tired of heard this, any time, any where.

Fast Car is a masterpiece. Great performance by Tracy Chapman.

One of the best songs ever!

She differently deserved this award back in the 80s

This song was my anthem of hope when I was 14! Growing up in addiction, poverty, and a broken home I wasn’t suppose to make it.....but here I am! I haven’t heard the song in years but It came on the radio this morning taking my husband to work and I just broke down! What a whirlwind of emotions! Thank you Tracy for this beautiful song that forever changed a lost broken little boy that is now a grown very successful blessed man!

She's beautiful in every possible way, lyricist, musician, woman Spent my first ever wage packet to buy this as my first ever vinyl in 1989

Masterpiece, thank you Tracy Chapman for blessing the world with your talent. You rock at the Grammy what a beautiful surprise. I hope the Grammys remember to always bring back the artists that played a huge role in our childhood.

THE BEST! Emotion, delivery and lyric.....god, I cry a good cry everytime I hear it. Beautiful

This song is therapeutic for those of us who grew up in an abusive home where mom and dad took pleasure in destroying our soul

I love this song, listen to it every day, to remind me where I come from, sometimes I cry because I know without Gods grace and mercy I would still be sleeping on the streets

Tracy has more soul in her little finger than most of us have in our whole body. Such a beautiful song with such deep meaning.

In the year 2000 I took my father to see Tracy live for his 70th birthday. An amazing performance from Tracy and a wonderful time with my dad. ❤❤

Easily arguably the best song of the decade and what a decade of music.

I love how Tracey never forces her voice...just nice and calm...so good. One of my all time favourites ❤

How many of you who have listened to this song have wondered when they stood at this crossroad....did they make the right choice? For some of us the fast car is gone and so is the woman who was the center of their universe.

Brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.

My mom passed away when I was 5 years old. This was her favorite song, and one of the only ways I truly feel connected to her. Chills every time

This song is hands down one of the top 5 greatest songs ever. I can't imagine a better performer of this song.

beautiful song awesome singer Tracy chapman jaja thankyou heart & soul my dear lovely friend namaste from England bravooo xd muah woah xxxxxxxx

She's a poet and a beautiful soul

Can you imagine how amazing it must be to write a song, sing it and have generations and generations fall in love with your words, your voice, your story, your feelings, your talent, you! I really wish I had such talent