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Tracy Chapman

Fast Car

1988 · via Luke Combs

Tracy Chapman wrote “Fast Car” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1988. Also recorded by Jonas Blue featuring Dakota (released 2015), M.Y.M.P. (released 2005) and David Usher (released 2001), among 141 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
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Before Combs ever sang a word of it, the person who wrote "Fast Car" had already cut it herself, back in 1988. Put this one on next to his and the song you thought you knew starts belonging to somebody else.

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Credited writer: Tracy Chapman.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1988.

Other recordings on file · first release year

141 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Luke Combs had a big one with "Fast Car," but he didn't write it. Who wrote the song and recorded it first?Tracy Chapman
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