GRAMMYs_ Tracy Chapman Makes RARE Appearance to Sing Fast Car With Luke Combs

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00:00 ♪ I, I, got a feeling I could be someone ♪

00:05 ♪ Be someone, be someone ♪

00:07 - Tracy Chapman makes a rare appearance

00:10 to perform her 1988 hit "Fast Car,"

00:13 and it's all thanks to Luke Combs.

00:16 - You want it to be worth the wait, you know what I mean?

00:19 Such a cool full circle moment for me.

00:21 Just to be associated with her in any way

00:24 is super humbling for me.

00:26 - The two hit the Grammy stage Sunday night

00:28 for a duet of the track.

00:30 ♪ You got a fast car ♪

00:32 ♪ It's fast enough so you can fly away ♪

00:35 ♪ We gotta make a decision ♪

00:37 ♪ Leave tonight or live and die this way ♪

00:40 - It's a song that Luke covered on his latest album,

00:43 "Gettin' Old," and one that, for him,

00:45 has special meaning behind it.

00:48 ♪ You got a fast car ♪

00:50 ♪ I want a ticket to anywhere ♪

00:52 - My dad would play me that Tracy Chapman

00:55 self-titled album.

00:56 That song, "Fast Car," it was my favorite song

00:58 before I even knew what a favorite song was.

01:01 I've been playing that song

01:02 since I could play guitar, honestly.

01:04 I just love that song.

01:06 So when I went into the studio

01:07 to record my most recent record, which was "Gettin' Old,"

01:11 and I was like, what if we just did this cover of "Fast Car,"

01:14 you know, just 'cause I wanna do it?

01:15 I'm not doing it for anybody else.

01:17 I'm just doing it for me.

01:18 - And during the performance,

01:19 it was clear how big of a deal it was for Luke

01:22 as he watched Tracy and mouthed the words while she sang.

01:27 ♪ One and one from life and he could give ♪

01:29 ♪ I say somebody's got to take care of him ♪

01:32 ♪ I quit school and that's what I did ♪

01:35 - I try to bring that energy into everything that I do.

01:39 - Tracy's obviously written one of the best songs

01:41 for a few generations.

01:42 You hear.

01:43 It's already iconic before you've even heard the words.

01:51 Once you finally get to that chorus,

01:52 ♪ Ah, ee, ah ♪

01:54 Right, like everybody's screaming.

01:56 - Tracy is such an icon,

01:57 and I mean, one of the best songwriters

01:59 that I think any of us will ever be around to see.

02:02 (dramatic music)

02:05 (cymbal crashing)

02:08 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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