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The Tobtok version also charted in the Norwegian VG-lista, Irish IRMA and Danish Tracklisten official charts. Although the Jonas Blue version released shortly after was far more successful, Tobtok's version also charted in a number of charts, notably Australia, where it received significant airplay (some stations like 2Day FM played it over the Jonas Blue version) and reached number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart in January 2016, while Jonas Blue's version was at number 2. Tobtok also released an accompanying music video. Tobtok's version was published on SoundCloud on October 30, 2015, and released commercially on Novemthrough Good Soldier Records, and subsequently licensed to Neon Records in Australia and disco:wax in the United States. In 2015, a tropical house version was released by Swedish record producer Tobtok, featuring vocals from British singer River. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. By 2016, it had sold 661,500 copies in the United Kingdom. The single was certified triple platinum in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2022, based on downloads and streaming. In April 2011, 'Fast Car' entered the UK top ten for the second time at number four after Michael Collings performed it on Britain's Got Talent. Pitchfork named it the 86th best song of the 1980s. When Rolling Stone updated the list in 2021, 'Fast Car' was promoted to the 71st spot. It is Chapman's only song on the list, and the highest ranking song performed and solely written by a female artist. Rolling Stone ranked 'Fast Car' number 167 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. 'Fast Car' itself would reach number six on the Billboard Hot 100 the same week. This performance brought attention to Chapman's music, with sales for Tracy Chapman increasing greatly, enough for it to top the Billboard 200 chart on August 27, 1988. As the organizers readied the stage for the following act, Chapman performed 'Fast Car' and 'Across the Lines'. He left in a panic, forcing the event organizers to usher Chapman back to the stage with nothing but a microphone and her guitar. Just before surprise guest Stevie Wonder walked onstage, he learned that his keyboard's hard disk had gone missing. That June, Chapman appeared at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, where she was initially scheduled to sing three songs. Release and promotion Įlektra Records released 'Fast Car' on April 6, 1988, one day after the parent album, Tracy Chapman. Dave Marsh said it was perhaps an 'optimistic folk-rock narrative', whose characters are in a homeless shelter. The song's arrangement was described by Orlando Sentinel writer Thom Duffy as 'subtle folk-rock', while Billboard magazine's Gary Trust deemed the record a 'folk/pop' song. It also received a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Female Video in 1989.Īccording to Metro Weekly critic Chris Gerard, 'Fast Car' tells a grittily realistic story of a working poor woman trying to escape the cycle of poverty, set to folk rock music. 'Fast Car' received three Grammy Award nominations Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, the latter of which it won. In the United Kingdom, it reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. Chapman's appearance on the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute helped the song become a top-ten hit in the United States, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released on April 6, 1988, as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album. ' Fast Car' is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman.

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