Fast Car
~ Recording by Tracy Chapman
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | E2 60774 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:58 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 60774-4, 9 60774-4 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 60774-2, 9 60774-2 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album | Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 960 774-2 | |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 7559-60774-2 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 9 60774-2 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 60774-1 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album | Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 960 774-1, EKT 44 | |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album | Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 960 774-1, EKT 44 | |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 9 60774-2, D 153582 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| AMIGA | 8 56 502 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | CD 60774 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | EKXD 26 |
| 1.1 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | Collection | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 7559-62700-2 |
| 1.1 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | Collection | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | EKCD 6309 |
| 1.1 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | Collection | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 7559627002 |
| 3.12 | Fast Car | 4:58 | Tracy Chapman | Classic Cuts Presents: 80’s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: Special Stereo Wide Edition 16 CD Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | |
| 1.12 | Fast Car | 4:54 | Tracy Chapman | Classic Cuts Presents: 80s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: B to D | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | BX014 |
| 2.5 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | The GRAMMYS: 50th Anniversary Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | DK 10794, DK 10795 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:56 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | |
| 1.7 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Greatest Hits (2015 remaster) | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.7 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Greatest Hits | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | |
| 1.7 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Greatest Hits | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | R2 552595 |
| 1.7 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Greatest Hits | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 8122795013 |
| 1.1 | Fast Car | 4:56 | Tracy Chapman | Chilled Sunday | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.62 | Fast Car | 4:56 | Tracy Chapman | 100 Greatest Acoustic Songs (non US) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.21 | Fast Car | 4:56 | Tracy Chapman | Afternoon Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.20 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Afternoon Tunes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:58 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), Rhino (reissue label) | 603497832613, R1 60774 |
| 1.1 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | Collection | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation | |||
| 2.5 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | Electric 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.1 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | Fast Car | Tracy Chapman | Single | |||
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman (EW 835, mixed-case “Made in Germany” on disc) | Tracy Chapman | Album | Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 7559-60774-2 | |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman (WE 851, no red circle around CD rim, newer "e above E" Elektra logo on disc) | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 7559-60774-2, 960 774-2 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman (EW 835, upper-case “MADE IN GERMANY” on disc, 1999+) | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 7559-60774-2 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman (WE 835, newer ‘e above E’ Elektra logo on disc) | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 7559-60774-2 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman (WE 835, old Elektra logo and new cat# on disc, approx. 1994/95) | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 7559-60774-2, 960 774-2 |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman (WE 851, old Elektra logo, short cat# on disc and inlay, WME matrix) | Tracy Chapman | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 960 774-2 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 46.20 | Fast Car | 4:53 | Tracy Chapman | The Radio Essential Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.7 | Fast Car | 4:58 | Tracy Chapman | Greatest Hits | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (bootlegs/counterfeit release pretending to be on Elektra) | 755-60774-2 |
| 31.3 | Fast Car | 4:56 | Tracy Chapman | 80’s Giga Hits Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | Collection | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation | M Power Records | MPR 7131 | |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:58 | Tracy Chapman | Greatest Hits | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.4 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | Greatest Hits | Tracy Chapman | Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | |||
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| 1.16 | Fast Car (2015 remastered) | 4:57 | Tracy Chapman | Audiophile Recordings, Vol. 01 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | |
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:58 | Tracy Chapman | Collection | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.2 | Fast Car | 4:59 | Tracy Chapman | The Greatest Hits | Tracy Chapman | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| engineer and mixer: | Kevin Smith (American DJ, producer and hip hop pioneer based in New York City) |
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| producer: | David Kershenbaum |
| acoustic guitar, electric guitar and percussion: | Tracy Chapman (American singer‐songwriter) |
| bass guitar: | Larry Klein |
| drums (drum set): | Denny Fongheiser |
| steel guitar: | Ed Black |
| vocals: | Tracy Chapman (American singer‐songwriter) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1988) Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 2015) |
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| recorded at and mixed at: | Powertrax Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| sampled by: | Promo by Ley Rico feat. Romo (Spanish MC) Sometimes I Rhyme Slow by Nice & Smooth |
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| part of: | Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 71) (order: 71) BILLIONS CLUB (order: 86) Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 113) (order: 113) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 165) (order: 166) Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 275) (order: 275) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/2M9ro2krNb7nr7HSprkEgo [info] |
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| recording of: | Fast Car |
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Related works
Fast Car
| lyricist and composer: | Tracy Chapman (American singer‐songwriter) |
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| publisher: | April Music Inc. EMI April Music Inc. Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK) Purple Rabbit Music Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) |
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| sub-publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing France Kobalt Music Publishing Italia Ltd Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK) |
| later parody versions: | Fast Dick I Write a Fast Song (In Living Color parody) |
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