Luke Combs<\/b>‘ cover of “Fast Car” has reached No. 1 on Billboard<\/i>‘s Hot Country Songs Chart dated September 30.<\/p>\n
The remake of Tracy Chapman<\/b>‘s 1988 classic climbed to the top after waiting for 19 weeks at No. 2.<\/p>\n
“It has been so cool to see everyone enjoying this song over the past few months, whether it was people who were hearing the song for the first time or people [for whom] it brought back memories of Tracy’s timeless recording,” the country star told Billboard<\/i>. <\/p>\n
“I’m just glad this song got another life because it deserves to be around forever; it will always be one of my favorites,” he added. “I’m glad we got to park Tracy’s song at the top of the Hot Country Songs chart, where it should be.”<\/p>\n
Combs frequently covered “Fast Car” during live concerts but only released it as part of his album, Gettin’ Old<\/i>, in March.<\/p>\n
The song earned 76.6 million in all-format radio airplay audience and 16.7 million official streams and sold 4,000 in the United States in the charting week ending September 21, according to Luminate<\/i>.<\/p>\n
“Fast Car” marks Combs’ sixth song to top the Hot Country Songs chart.<\/p>\n
(Photo: Matthew Berinato) <\/p>\n