Tracy Chapman Lyrics
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From the Single
Fast Car
From the Album
1. Talkin Bout A Revolution
2. Fast Car
3. Across The Lines
4. Behind The Wall
5. Baby Can I Hold You
6. Mountains O Things
7. Shes Got Her Ticket
8. Why?
9. For My Lover
10. If Not Now...
11. For You
Other Songs
3000 Miles
A Hundred Years
A Theory
All That You Have Is Your Soul
Almost
America
Another Sun
At This Poing In My Life
At This Point In My Life
Bang Bang Bang
Be And Be Not Afraid
Be Careful Of My Heart
Before Easter
Born To Fight
Bridges
Broken
By Can I Hold You
Change
Cold Feet
Conditional
Crossroads
Devotion
Dont Dwell
Dreaming On A World
Fast Car By Tracy Chapman
First Try
For A Dream
Freedom Now
Give Me One Reason
Going Back
Goodbye
Happy
Hard Wired
Heavens Here On Earth
House of the Rising Sun
I Am Yours
I Did It All
I Used To Be A Sailor
If These Are The Things
Im Ready
In The Dark
Its Ok
Less Than Strangers
Let It Rain
Loose Your Love
Loves Proof
Material World
Matters Of The Heart
Never Yours
New Beginning
Nothing Yet
O Holy Night
Open Arms
Our Bright Future
Over In Love
Paper And Ink
Remember the Tin Man
Remember The Tinman
Save A Place For Me
Save Us All
Say Hallelujah
Short Supply
Sing For You
Smoke And Ashes
Smokes And Ashes
So
Something To See
Speak The Word
Spring
Subcity
Taken
Talk To You
Talking Bout a Revolution
Tell It Like It Is
Telling Stories
The First Person On Earth
The Love That You Had
The Only One
The Promise
The Rape Of The World
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Thinking Of You
This Time
Unsung Psalm
Wedding Song
Why ?
Whytc
Womands Work
Youre The One
From the Album
Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, widely known for her hit singles "Fast Car" (1988) and "Give Me One Reason" (1995).
She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her debut album, Tracy Chapman, which became a commercial success, boosted by her appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, and was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album received six Grammy Award nominations, including one for Album of the Year, three of which she won: Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Fast Car", and Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 1989, she released her second album, Crossroads, which earned her an additional Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Her third album, Matters of the Heart, followed in 1992.
Her fourth album, New Beginning, was released in 1995 and became another worldwide success. It was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA and yielded the hit single "Give Me One Reason", which earned her the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Five years would pass before the release of her fifth album, Telling Stories (2000). Let It Rain and Where You Live followed in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Her most recent studio album, Our Bright Future, was released in 2008. The remastered compilation album Greatest Hits, which she curated, was released in 2015.
In 2023, Chapman became the first black person to score a country number one with a solo composition, and to win the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, when Luke Combs covered her song "Fast Car".
-Wikipedia
Born: March 30th, 1964 (age 61) She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her debut album, Tracy Chapman, which became a commercial success, boosted by her appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, and was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album received six Grammy Award nominations, including one for Album of the Year, three of which she won: Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Fast Car", and Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 1989, she released her second album, Crossroads, which earned her an additional Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Her third album, Matters of the Heart, followed in 1992.
Her fourth album, New Beginning, was released in 1995 and became another worldwide success. It was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA and yielded the hit single "Give Me One Reason", which earned her the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Five years would pass before the release of her fifth album, Telling Stories (2000). Let It Rain and Where You Live followed in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Her most recent studio album, Our Bright Future, was released in 2008. The remastered compilation album Greatest Hits, which she curated, was released in 2015.
In 2023, Chapman became the first black person to score a country number one with a solo composition, and to win the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, when Luke Combs covered her song "Fast Car".
-Wikipedia
From: Cleveland, Ohio
Genre(s): Alternative, Folk
Did You Know:
• Tracy recieved a honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from Tufts University in 2004
• In 2023, Chapman became the first Black person to score a country number one with a solo composition, and to win the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, when Luke Combs covered her song "Fast Car".
Quotes:
"And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone"
-Tracy Chapman
from Fast Car (1988)
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And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone"
-Tracy Chapman
from Fast Car (1988)
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