This day in music history.

July 2, 1988, Tracy Chapman started a three-week run at number one on the UK album chart with her self-titled debut LP, it also made it to number one in the USA. The song "Fast Car" became a smash hit. The album went multi platinum and won four Grammy Awards.
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something But me myself I got nothing to prove
You got a fast car And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money
We won't have to drive too far Just 'cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs And finally see what it means to be living
You see my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle
that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did
You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We got make a decision We leave tonight or live and die this way
I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
You got a fast car And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted
We'll move out of the shelter Buy a big house and live in the suburbs
You got a fast car And I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together
you and me would find it I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision You leave tonight or live and die this way