“That was the first time that I knew that I recorded the song incorrectly. Because I remember, when she said that, I wanted to crawl into a hole”: Luke Combs on being told by Tracy Chapman that he’d made a mistake in his cover of Fast Car

Country star Luke Combs’ decision to cover Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car certainly paid off for him, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and being nominated for a Grammy. He even ended up duetting with Chapman on the song at the 2024 Grammy Awards Ceremony.

All of which makes it easy to understand why Combs was so mortified to discover that his version actually features a mis-sung lyric. And to make matters worse, it was Tracy Chapman herself who pointed this out to him.