Country music star Luke Combs said he “wanted to crawl in a hole” after the legendary Tracy Chapman told him he had covered her iconic song with a lyrical mistake.
The country singer recounted the moment at a recent concert in a TikTok video shared Tuesday, confessing that Chapman pointed out a mistake in his cover of “Fast Cars.”
“She said, ‘So, when you recorded the song, you said, ‘Still gotta make a decision,’ instead of ‘We gotta make a decision.”‘And that was the first time that I knew that I recorded the song incorrectly,” Combs said.
“I remember when she said it, I wanted to crawl in a hole,” Combs told the live audience.
Despite the mistake, Combs said Chapman was “awesome” about the error and didn’t make him feel bad about it at all. The country singer admitted to ongoing feelings of embarrassment, saying he wanted to cover the song he loves faithfully and accurately.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 04: (L-R) Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs perform onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Chapman may not be upset with him, but Combs appears to still be beating himself up over the situation.
“I think about it every single time that I sing the song and I will think about it every time that I sing the song for the rest of my whole life,” he told his fans.
“The version you know … not the words. It’s just not the words. I made that up in my head,” he said. (RELATED: Luke Combs, Eric Church Headline Star-Studded Hurricane Helene Benefit Show)
“So tonight I will probably sing ‘We gotta make a decision,’ because Tracy Chapman told me to, and dammit, I’m gonna do it,” he continued.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
