Tracy Chapman‘s 36-year-old unique model of “Fast Car” is coming to radio once more.
One of essentially the most beloved moments on the Feb. 4 Grammy Awards was a uncommon public efficiency from Chapman, who collaborated with nation artist Luke Combs for a duets model of the tune. Originally successful for Chapman in 1988, Combs’ model led to a chart resurgence of the tune final 12 months.
Now, Rhino Records is servicing Chapman’s tune to grownup various, grownup up to date, Americana, basic hits, basic rock, faculty and non-commercial codecs, in accordance to a supply. The recording initially got here out on Elektra however now falls beneath Warner Music Group’s catalog division dealt with by Rhino.
Rhino can also be servicing the video of the pair’s Grammy efficiency and asking radio stations to add the clip to their socials and web sites, however there aren’t any plans to make a high quality audio model of the clip out there to radio.
Following Chapman and Combs’ duet on the Grammys, the unique model of “Fast Car” earned 6 million official U.S. streams from Feb. 2 to Feb. 8, marking a 153% rise, in accordance to Luminate. “Fast Car” additionally earned 35,000 digital downloads, elevating it to the highest of the Digital Song Sales chart for the primary time.
On Monday (Feb. 5), the day instantly following the Grammys efficiency, “Fast Car” earned 949,000 official on-demand streams — a 241% improve from the 278,000 it earned the earlier Monday (Jan. 29). The tune additionally noticed its digital gross sales surge, rising 38,400% from “a negligible amount to nearly 14,000,” Billboard beforehand reported on Feb. 7. Combs additionally noticed streams of his model rise 37% to almost 1.6 million whereas it was up almost 3,900% in gross sales to simply over 6,000.
Chapman’s unique “Fast Car” additionally re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 this week, touchdown at No. 42. Her model had beforehand appeared on the Hot 100 in October 1988, peaking at No. 6. Combs’ model reached No. 2 on the identical chart in 2023.
Assistance in reporting this story was supplied by Melinda Newman.
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