Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” was written nearly 40 years ago, but we’re now in year two of its second life—and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Chapman, now 60, released “Fast Car ...

John Shearer/Getty Tracy Chapman’s appearance at the 66th annual Grammy Awards helped take “Fast Car” to the top of the charts. After the singer-songwriter, 59, took the stage with Luke ...

Jason Kempin/Getty; Georges De Keerle/Getty When a then-unknown Tracy Chapman performed her debut single "Fast Car" at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in 1988, the moving ballad ...