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Posted by: FreezeTimeAdam❄️ 21st January 2016, 04:36 PM

Versions mentioned in the poll as well as some by popular artists/high view count:

















Still Tobtok for me as I'm not that big on the Jonas vocals. And the producing isn't that special either. Although I feel the Joylon version is catching onto me

Of course the original is still a classic. Not heard Taio or Sam Smith's version (hope I never will for the latter to be quite honest )



Oops forgot to put in Other option.

Posted by: Liаm 21st January 2016, 04:40 PM

Nothing touches the original but I do like the Jonas Blue version a lot and the Tobtok one is somewhat growing.

Mutya's version slays though.

Posted by: Noahspike 21st January 2016, 04:43 PM

Mutya Buena's version is my favourite cover (though I haven't heard quite a few of those listed).



Nothing will ever touch Tracy's for me though.

EDIT: Liam beat me to it!

Posted by: 🌚🌚🌚 21st January 2016, 04:44 PM

yes to the buena version!

but original always

Posted by: Dan_ 21st January 2016, 04:44 PM

Tobtok ft. River for me but I'm loving the Jonas Blue ft. Dakota version as well, both are very interesting takes on the song.

The Tracy Chapman original is amazing too but naturally I prefer the dance cover.

Posted by: Mack 21st January 2016, 04:44 PM

Has to be the original for me.

The original re-entered at #4 in the UK in 2011 because this was sang on a audition on Britain's Got Talent.

Although both versions from Jonas Blue, Tobtok are growers for me.

Posted by: mr_pmt 21st January 2016, 04:47 PM

This version:



It was about a decade ago, I believe the release of it got cancelled despite it being on the Radio 1 playlist at the time. That Jonas Blue thing needs to be stopped.

Posted by: gooddelta 21st January 2016, 04:48 PM

Tobtok, though Mutya's version is nice too.

(I don't like Tracy Chapman's voice )

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 21st January 2016, 04:49 PM

Original of course by miles, one of my favourite songs of all time and the lyrics mean so much to me The original song has also impacted me really big in really hard and tough moments in my life so I have a really strong emotional connection with the track

The Tobtok version is ok and the Jonas Blue version is horrific and the 2016 version of last years Show Me Love (Will try and hope the Jonas Blue version grows on me as it is set to become massive). Though the dance mixes lose the emotional connection and the beauty of the track for me

And I never ever ever ever want to hear Sam's squealing version of this

Posted by: liamk97 21st January 2016, 04:53 PM

Taio's doesn't sample or cover the 'Fast Car', it just shares a name with it.

Posted by: Froot. 21st January 2016, 04:53 PM

Bascially what people have already said. There is no question that the original is the best by far, some washed-up basic dance remakes can't even dream of coming close to it. The Mutya cover is actually great though.

Posted by: HarryEzra 21st January 2016, 05:00 PM

The orginal version

The dance versions are so shockingly terrible I hope they NEVER become hits tbh

Posted by: liamk97 21st January 2016, 05:02 PM

The original is definitely best for me too. I know the word "timeless" gets thrown about a lot but this really is. I mean, would anyone have actually realised this was a song from the 80s had they either not already known or been alive at the time? Could easily fit in with a lot of today's music as well as the 90s.

Posted by: Froot. 21st January 2016, 05:03 PM

Turning it into an upbeat happy song takes away from the lyrics.

Posted by: Bjork 21st January 2016, 05:08 PM

the lyrics are everything in the song, the storytelling, the rawness in Tracy Chapman's voice, how she's telling the story from the guts,... no silly dance cover can replicate that...

Posted by: #psychic7 21st January 2016, 06:53 PM

Yeah nothing listed here competes with Tracy's original. The Mutya cover sounds nice though

Posted by: AcerBen 21st January 2016, 06:56 PM

The Kristian Leontiou version was very nice

Posted by: mdh 21st January 2016, 06:59 PM

Jonas Blue version

Posted by: Colm 21st January 2016, 09:35 PM

Nice to see sense prevailing.

Posted by: Dobbo 21st January 2016, 09:40 PM

Michael Collings.

Nah, Jonas Blue for me.

Posted by: Taylor Jago 21st January 2016, 09:51 PM

The Tracy Chapman original is by far the best and no useless dance cover will ever manage 0.0001% of its greatness.

To be fair to Jonas Blue though, his version isn't nearly as bad as Sam Feldt's utterly horrific Show Me Love remake last year.

Posted by: Envoirment 21st January 2016, 10:42 PM

I love the original and it's by far the best version.

I really like the Jonas Blue remixed version of the song though.

Posted by: slowdown73 21st January 2016, 11:58 PM

Nothing beats the original version.

Posted by: Jason 22nd January 2016, 01:00 AM

The original by Tracy Chapman is amazing but I voted for Jonas Blue.
I find the vocals in Tobtok's version dull.

Posted by: Iz~ 22nd January 2016, 02:19 AM

Original most definitely, so much emotion in that.

Tobtok sounds pretty nice, interesting voice and has a good tropical house beat, I'm cool with that existing. Jonas Blue however, while it sounds fine, the beats are unremarkable and the vocalist sounds bored. File next to Felix Jaehn's Ain't Nobody in 'soulless dance covers that didn't need to happen' for me, I have similar feelings about that.

Posted by: Jaÿ 22nd January 2016, 02:27 AM

I'd forgotten about Mutya's version. Nice to be reminded of it again.

Tracy's original is the best though!

Posted by: richie 22nd January 2016, 09:34 AM

An average song done best by Tracy Chapman. Never understood why it is so highly thought of (or so marketable).

Posted by: Colm 22nd January 2016, 09:39 AM

It's that sort of song that clicks with some people and others get very little out of.

After the melody gets you the song writing shines though and the theme of going somewhere better connects with people. It's sad and hopeful at the same time.

Posted by: richie 22nd January 2016, 09:44 AM

Yeah, I guess so. I'm not the kind of person it clicks with...but then very few of the talent show staples do.

Posted by: ThePensmith 22nd January 2016, 03:28 PM

Mutya's version was just gorgeous. I could listen to it all day (and I think I did once at the height of her solo career). Props to Kristian Leontiou's version as well, I'm sad that didn't do better for him.

Posted by: Virginia's Walls 22nd January 2016, 03:30 PM

Tracet 100%

Posted by: Liаm 22nd January 2016, 03:42 PM

I've listened to both dance covers today and whilst they cannot even begin to touch the original, I wish there was the vocals of River with Jonas Blue's production. The proudction of Tobtok's is a bit jarring.

Posted by: djgrafdemon 22nd January 2016, 04:01 PM

somebody please tell me what the heck is the purpose of this hype about Fast Car? Was it sang somewhere? Used in ads?
However, I had to listen to some new versions, and I liked Tobtok's one. This transoceanic version by Jolyon Petch is okay. Jonas Blue is good in terms of soft beats, but vocals could be better...
*to be honest, never liked Tracy's voice, maybe I don't understand something or just the song doesn't click with me*

Posted by: ___∆___ 22nd January 2016, 04:24 PM

Of course the Tracy Chapman version is superior but my favorite is by Kristian Leontiou - It was on his 2004 album and then randomly charted at #88 in 2011.