True

It still uplifts me

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

@@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.

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

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

❤ Congratulations

❤

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

jajaja no pegaba una el dogor

Here

Here broda!

I’m with you!

Juin

Hey 😊

Awh im so sorry for your loss 🕊️❤️

❤😢

So sorry for your loss 🫂🫂🫂

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Beautiful 🎵 🎶 I use to play this album on repeat until my sister broke it I was 19 I'm now 44

So sorry for your loss

I bawled lol.

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

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

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.

Been hearing this for 30 years . Definitely still hits

Stay Strong May Your Brother RIP Much Love 💪🏼❤

Thanks

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

@@cassidybaar Thank you

Thats too young! Im 36 and so sorry!

Iiiiiiii

Here 😊

Here. Sup?

Pozdrawiam w lipcu 2024

Here 🎉❤

Grandma just died and now I'm crying for real... I'm leaving this comment as a reminder of a loss, and another life well lived. I love you Lola Linda ❤️

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

Indeed and written by " Lord Kenneth Milsom " .

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

Je penser qu'elle était sortit en 1998.

@@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.

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.

@@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

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

@@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.

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

Yesssssssssss

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.

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

😮N😅k 😢​@@gen8319

I'm sorry for your loss.

@@akiana7070 thank you for your kindness

What A superb Artist❤

I agree

Definitely one of the best ever written.

I also agree.

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 😢

❤️❤️❤️

This song always remind me of the shitty marriage I had

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

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

@@morneotto4881 face pic

LOVE for you. LIGHT for him!! ❤ ETERNITY waits us!!

RIP little man, excellent choice of music. Fly high my man!

god bless his soul this song suited his life

God bless you

im 44 next month always listen to this

She’s still on!

She never wanted to be.

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.

One song makes you a pioneer?

@@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.

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

Recognition should have been achieved YEARS AGO!!

Deservedly!

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.

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

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

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?

Yes, I agree with you.... These are totally different times..... Clinging to Nostalgia keeps me grounded to the happy childhood memories 🥰

I find it sad. The kids growing up today will have their entire youth and culture stolen from them

You're incredible.

Congratulations!

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

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@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.

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

Me too!!!

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

Took the words right out my mouth 👏

Absolute chills and tears in my eyes!

Somos dos ❤

I lost my child last year due to std cancer he got from me. Thanks for commenting

Likewise Lisa! 😀

Indeed it is brother, indeed it is.

I second that

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

Amen brother

My life

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.

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.

Me too, same age, always been a favorite.

Nobody cares

This is nice🎉.

Facts

We never started as well. It's timeless. This song has always been and always will be, it transcends time.

😂

Agreed. It’s the most unoriginal - desperate for likes comment of all time.

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

Luke Combs KILLED IT. His version is BETTER

@@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 🤣

@@pedropunjabi7339not better, but it is good

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

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. ❤️

Hang in there …leave when you can

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

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

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

Thank you for your service 🫡

Sending good vibes! ❤

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

I don’t.

​@@DexterHeisenbergBruh funny

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

perfection

Right? That voice chills♥️

A

Agree

Agree❤

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

boo

I’m here

Out here! From Umlazi!

We’re all watching. Stop asking lame questions.

I was born in 88. God bless you. 🚗💨

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

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

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.

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)

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.

@@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...

@@aarons1811 appreciate your words.

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

@@knuckle12356 I hope you’re doing well.

Ye no need, just agreed

Perfectly said

Yes! Seen and so well stated.

Hopefully, she will release a new record one day

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 So true. It was a watershed moment seeing Taylor Swift singing along with other celebrities, and people swaying to TC and getting emotional at the parts we all get emotional over. It was like the whole world audience was captured by this song with this singer in that moment. Luke who? Just kidding! I'm grateful to the guy for reintroducing Fast Car to a new generation and for getting Tracy to come back to sing it for us once again.

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

living the dream, fr fr

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

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

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

😅

:)

UK here :)

Panamá

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.

late May🎉

me ...May 2024

Late may.❤

Yup

Here

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

so who you gonna kill next?

@@MrTweetyhackgrow up little doofus

​@@MrTweetyhackHopefully you

Rest easy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

@@whitty6341 *delete. Like delete yourself.

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.

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.

It reminds me of better times.

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

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

Yup.....ageless song❤

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

We’re all glad to be here

Yep

Me

May 24, 2024

Me here

I an here.

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

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

@@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.

@@chelliz88 I know, time flies!

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

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

The emotion is so deep in this song.

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

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

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

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

So it's a country song now?

It's just so honest and deep and universal.

it is really good

😆

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

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

You rock my friend God Bless You

@@johnworthington4556 wow, so edgy

That means your a real human.

You too! Stay strong 💪

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

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

@@gabrielepassoni8598 why would I be pretending

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

Nobody cares.

@@tarmiricmi670rude! It takes less effort just to no be an asshole, you know I care. I wish you well in your journey and success in your business.

Me it’s honestly better than the new version

Present

Yep...

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.

King kali your so right

💜

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

agreed and i am a metal head usually

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

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.

agreed...

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."

Yo momma watching jeezzz

I am. And my heart is breaking. Cause I never had a fast car either.

We’re all watching. Stop asking lame questions.

Straight up

It describes the generational cycle of life, Only one person can break that cycle and changes the future generations' life and only one person can take it back to where it all began after having a good life.

He's left her with kids, alone

@@Kiki-D-Kimonothat certainly doesn’t signify some sort of end. Heck! It’s just the beginning….

@@Kiki-D-Kimono yeah i always thought the last verse was pretty bleak and depressing

@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.

💓

@ yeah 😳

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

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.

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.

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.

Beautiful Story!!!

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

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

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💞

🙏💪

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

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 ❤❤❤🫶💫😇🙏

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

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

❤

​@@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.

@@Sean-Johnyou didn’t answer the question

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

Congrats… want a Grammy for that?

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

​@@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.

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

Facts 💯💯💯

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

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

Amen. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

Hugs ❤

Punched in the balls - I'm not crying

Hits harder as we grow older.

The older you get the harder it hits

Its a story ❤

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.

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.

@@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??

​@@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.

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

God bless

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

@@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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

@@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.

Thank you friend

Thank you.

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

Was the purpose and faith too tight??

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

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

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

This song brings me to it time after time.

i need comments like these .

Exactly the same age that I am. The summer that I left school was probably one of the best times of my life.

congratulations! for the NEW YOU!

I didnt even know this song was from that era I thought it was from the 90s Im an 80s baby not really an 80s kid per se cause I grew up really in the 90s born in 86

Punk forever 🤘🏽

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 💎❣️

❤🎉

❤❤❤

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

This song will never age💜💜💜💜💜💜💗💗💗💗

Ohhhh yeah💞💞

2023 here 😁

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

Obsessed with her music

Yessassa👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾