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"Fast Car" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released as her debut single on April 6, 1988, by Elektra Records. It served as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album.

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Biography

"Fast Car" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released as her debut single on April 6, 1988, by Elektra Records. It served as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album. Chapman's appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in June 1988 helped the song become a top-ten hit in the United States, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and led the album to top the Billboard 200. The single also reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and topped the charts of five other countries. "Fast Car" received three nominations at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, the last of which it won. It also received an MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Female Video. Since the release of Chapman's original, the song has had success in two electronic dance versions by Swedish DJ Tobtok and British DJ Jonas Blue, as well as a country cover by American singer Luke Combs. Combs's version was a number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts in 2023, and won Chapman the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, ma

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reach score
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house crew relevance score
60/100
booking potential score
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emerging artist score
40/100
contact confidence score
0/100
citation confidence score
95/100
agent readability score
90/100
brand fit score
36/100
interview potential score
28/100
sponsorship potential score
12/100
education value score
10/100
house crew priority score
33/100

Sources & provenance

FieldValueSourceVerifiedConf.
origin_countryUSMusicBrainzJune 10, 202695
genresdeep house, house, nu discoMusicBrainzJune 10, 202680
origin_cityUnited StatesMusicBrainzJune 10, 202675
musicbrainzhttps://musicbrainz.org/artist/13255415-44a8-4404-af22-81c0ab8ca851MusicBrainzJune 10, 202699
discogshttps://www.discogs.com/artist/2604545MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/6pcxIOhQCNb7DX2iuEXgxLMusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
beatporthttps://www.beatport.com/artist/tobtok/201720MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/Tobtokmusic/MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15639091WikidataJune 10, 202695
gendermaleWikidataJune 10, 202694
wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_CarWikipediaJune 10, 202685
bio_short"Fast Car" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released as her debut single on April 6, 1988, by Elektra Records. It served as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album.WikipediaJune 10, 202680
bio_long"Fast Car" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released as her debut single on April 6, 1988, by Elektra Records. It served as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album. Chapman's appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in June 1988 helped the song become a top-ten hit in the United States, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and led the album to top the Billboard 200. The single also reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and topped the charts of five other countries. "Fast Car" received three nominations at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, the last of which it won. It also received an MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Female Video. Since the release of Chapman's original, the song has had success in two electronic dance versions by Swedish DJ Tobtok and British DJ Jonas Blue, as well as a country cover by American singer Luke Combs. Combs's version was a number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts in 2023, and won Chapman the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, maWikipediaJune 10, 202680

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House Music Intelligence Database. "Tobtok — House Music Artist Profile." Published by World Famous House Crew. Last verified June 10, 2026. URL: https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/artist/tobtok