Tracy Chapman‘s 36-year-old authentic model of “Quick Automobile” is coming to radio once more.
Some of the beloved moments on the Feb. 4 Grammy Awards was a uncommon public efficiency from Chapman, who collaborated with nation artist Luke Combs for a duets model of the music. Initially a success for Chapman in 1988, Combs’ model caused a chart resurgence of the music final yr.
Now, Rhino Information is servicing Chapman’s music to grownup various, grownup modern, Americana, traditional hits, traditional rock, school and non-commercial codecs, based on a supply. The recording initially got here out on Elektra however now falls beneath Warner Music Group’s catalog division dealt with by Rhino.
Rhino can also be servicing the video of the pair’s Grammy efficiency and asking radio stations so as to add the clip to their socials and web sites, however there aren’t any plans to make a top quality audio model of the clip accessible to radio.
Following Chapman and Combs’ duet on the Grammys, the unique model of “Quick Automobile” earned 6 million official U.S. streams from Feb. 2 to Feb. 8, marking a 153% rise, based on Luminate. “Quick Automobile” additionally earned 35,000 digital downloads, elevating it to the highest of the Digital Tune Gross sales chart for the primary time.
On Monday (Feb. 5), the day instantly following the Grammys efficiency, “Quick Automobile” earned 949,000 official on-demand streams — a 241% enhance from the 278,000 it earned the earlier Monday (Jan. 29). The music additionally noticed its digital gross sales surge, rising 38,400% from “a negligible quantity to almost 14,000,” Billboard beforehand reported on Feb. 7. Combs additionally noticed streams of his model rise 37% to almost 1.6 million whereas it was up practically 3,900% in gross sales to simply over 6,000.
Chapman’s authentic “Quick Automobile” additionally re-entered the Billboard Sizzling 100 this week, touchdown at No. 42. Her model had beforehand appeared on the Sizzling 100 in October 1988, peaking at No. 6. Combs’ model reached No. 2 on the identical chart in 2023.
Help in reporting this story was supplied by Melinda Newman.
