I did not get her record the first time ....... i hated it and the second............nd time was fucking servile........ and really fucking annoying........ who re- raised that shite record ....... it is boring as fuck it has no rhythm to it ....... no cunt could dance to that except a drunk fucking hillbilly .......... who incidentally cannot dance they just stumble about with beers in their hands in old tracy chapman had her day she was not that great ......... but some people loved her drivel......... like .......creed and n........ickleback hrd trhee doors down.......... and all that vanilla music belt garbage .......they drink and listen to shit kicker bars ......... mumbling shit ....... fathers and their fathers fathers they never leave their shit bar
Luke Combs 'Wanted to Crawl into a Hole' After Tracy Chapman Pointed Out His 'Fast Car' Cover Mistake
The seven-time Grammy nominee revealed that the 'Fast Car' songwriter had to politely tell him he recorded one lyric incorrectly
Even Luke Combs flubs the lyrics to his favorite songs.
The 34-year-old country musician, who was recently nominated for a Grammy for best country solo performance for his cover of Tracy Chapman's “Fast Car,” admitted one of his most embarrassing moments came from that track.
During the middle of a recent concert, he recalled a particular mistake that still follows him. In a concertgoer’s TikTok, he can be heard telling the crowd that one conversation with Chapman, 60, led him to realize he incorrectly sang the lyric, “We gotta make a decision." He recorded it as “Still gotta make a decision.”
“That was the first time that I knew that I recorded the song incorrectly,” he told the crowd. “It was her telling me that. Because I remember, when she said that, I wanted to crawl into a hole."
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“Luckily, she was awesome about it. And I think about it every single time that I sing the song, and I will think about it every single time I sing this song for the rest of my whole life,” he said. “But she was so cool about it.”
Combs told the crowd he was going to sing Chapman’s original lyrics and ditch his recorded version.
“So the version you know is, ‘Still gotta make a decision.’ Not the words,” he said. “It’s just not the words. I made that up in my head.”
“So tonight, I’m going to sing ‘We gotta make a decision.’ Because Tracy Chapman told me to, and dammit, I’m gonna do it.”
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Combs covered the 1988 track in April 2023, and it quickly became a fan-favorite. After reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the country music charts, Combs’ recording was nominated for a Grammy. And at the 66th annual Grammy Awards in February, Combs was joined by Chapman for a moving rendition of the song.
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Before their performance, Chapman told Billboard in July 2023 she was happy to see that people are still enjoying the track over 30 years later.
"I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I’m honored to be there,” she said. "I’m happy for Luke and his success and grateful that new fans have found and embraced 'Fast Car.' "
Combs told PEOPLE in December 2023 he always thought it was "one of the best songs of all time.”
"But there’s nothing like Tracy’s version, so I thought it would just be a nice complement to the original but never really expected mine to take off quite the way it did,” he said.
Luke Combs says he wanted to ‘crawl into a hole’ after Tracy Chapman discovered ‘Fast Car’ mistake
Luke Combs has revealed the lyrical error Tracy Chapman alerted him to in his hit remix of her song, “Fast Car.”
The country singer, 34, opened up about the mistake to his audience during a recent concert.
He explained that when he initially was recording his cover, he sang one of the final lines as “Still gotta make a decision.” However, when he spoke to Chapman, he learned the correct line was actually: “We gotta make a decision.”
“That was the first time that I knew I recorded the song incorrectly. It was her telling me that,” Combs said, as seen in videos captured by concertgoers. “Because I remember, when she said that, I wanted to crawl into a hole.”
However, Combs clarified that Chapman didn’t make him feel bad for making this mistake.
“Luckily, she was awesome about it. And I think about it every single time that I sing the song, and I will think about it every single time I sing this song for the rest of my whole life,” he continued. “But she was so cool about it.”
He explained he was going to correct himself during his live performance of the song.
“So the version you know is, ‘Still gotta make a decision.’ Not the words. It’s just not the words. I made that up in my head,” Combs added. “So tonight, I will probably sing, ‘We gotta make a decision.’ Because Tracy Chapman told me to, and dammit, I’m gonna do it.”
While Chapman’s tune was originally released in 1988, Combs’s cover of “Fast Car” won the award for Song of the Year at the Country Music Awards in 2023. Chapman was given her flowers at the event in Nashville, with presenter Sara Evans and country musician Bill Anderson reading a statement on her behalf.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t join you all tonight. It’s truly an honor for my song to be newly recognized after 35 years of its debut,” she wrote in the statement. “Thank you to the CMAs and a special thanks to Luke and all of the fans of ‘Fast Car.’”
The win made Chapman the first Black artist to take home the award for Song of the Year. In addition, “Fast Car” also earned Combs an award as his cover was named Single of the Year.
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Combs first covered the song as the second single from his album Gettin’ Old, which came out in 2023. Giving Chapman’s song a second wind, the cover was also a smash hit on the radio and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 last year.
During the Grammy Awards in February, Combs also performed “Fast Car,” with Chapman joining him on stage.