Luke Combs shares story of asking Tracy Chapman to duet on 'Fast Car' at Grammys

At a sit down with Willie Geist, Combs unpacked the now-iconic music moment: his performance of "Fast Car" alongside Chapman ...
Stereogum

Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” Cover Might As Well Be AI

Last summer, I dedicated this column to talking about how a now-historic TV-to-music sync -- Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" via Stranger Things season four -- vaulted the ...
Tennessean

Luke Combs' 'Fast Car' cover can mean more to country music than just a hit single | Hill

LeBron Hill is an opinion columnist for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee and the curator of the Black Tennessee Voices newsletter and Instagram account. The four-day summer country music extravaganza ...
People

Tracy Chapman Reveals What She Thinks About Luke Combs' Chart-Topping Country Cover of 'Fast Car'

Combs' take on the song has out-peaked the original's No. 6 slot on the Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to No. 1 on the U.S. Country Airplay chart Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in ...
Today

Why Luke Combs' cover of Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' is sparking controversy

There’s a good chance the lines, “You got a fast car...” have strummed their way onto your car radio in the past year — and not because it’s magically 1988 again. Tracy Chapman’s hit song has had a ...
People

Tracy Chapman Wins Song of the Year at the 2023 CMA Awards for 'Fast Car': 'It's Truly an Honor'

The win, which comes thanks to Luke Combs' popular cover of the song, makes Tracy Chapman the first Black artist to take home song of the year at the CMAs Tim ...
NBC New York

Luke Combs says Tracy Chapman pointed out a mistake in his ‘Fast Car' cover

Luke Combs said he accidentally got the lyrics to Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” wrong in his chart-topping cover. Speaking to fans at a concert, per a TikTok video captured by a concertgoer, Combs said ...
Uproxx

Tracy Chapman Achieved A First For Black Women As Luke Combs’ Cover Of ‘Fast Car’ Topped The Country Charts

Country star Luke Combs has one of the biggest songs in the US right now: On the new Billboard Hot 100 chart dated July 8, his cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” sits at No. 2. Furthermore, it also ...
The New York Times

Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ and 5 More Cross-Generational Covers

With Luke Combs’s version of the singer-songwriter’s hit at No. 2 on the Hot 100, revisit the origins of Björk, the Clash and Nirvana songs. By Lindsay Zoladz This summer, a lot of people who were ...