A song people chose
Fast Car
by Tracy Chapman
137 people have chosen this as their last tune
Folk · 1988 · Tracy Chapman
Why they chose it
"The lyrics say everything I've never been able to."
"It's the song that makes sense of everything else."
"This is the song I'd want playing when I arrive, wherever that is."
"This is the song I want people to remember me by."
"It's the song I'd want stuck in everyone's head afterwards."
"It's the song I'd want as my final word, in a way."
"I want this to be the last good thing people hear."
"Every time I hear it I think about what really matters."
"It just feels right. That's all the reason I need."
"I've played this more than any other song, and that says everything."
"It's the sound of Sunday mornings in our house."
"It's the song I sing in the car when no one's watching."
"I want this to be the last thing people hear me 'say'."
"This is how I'd want to be summed up, if it came to that."
"I want this to be the last thing people hear me 'say'."
"This is the song I'd want playing when I arrive, wherever that is."
"It's heavy, but it's honest, and I want honesty."
"I want whoever's there to know this was a deliberate choice, and it mattered."
"I want people to remember the sound of this, not the silence after."
"This song feels like an old photograph — warm, faded, mine."