Fast Cars and Freedom

"Fast Cars and Freedom" is a song recorded by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released in March 2005 as the third single from the album Feels Like Today. It was the group's fourth Number One single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

"Fast Cars and Freedom"
Single by Rascal Flatts
from the album Feels Like Today
ReleasedMarch 21, 2005
GenreCountry
Length4:23 (album version)
3:55 (single version)
LabelLyric Street
Songwriter(s)Gary LeVox
Wendell Mobley
Neil Thrasher[1]
Producer(s)Mark Bright
Marty Williams
Rascal Flatts singles chronology
"Bless the Broken Road"
(2004)		 "Fast Cars and Freedom"
(2005)		 "Skin (Sarabeth)"
(2005)
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The single was co-written by Rascal Flatts' lead singer Gary LeVox, along with Wendell Mobley and Neil Thrasher. Previously, the three writers had also written Rascal Flatts' 2003 single "I Melt".[1]

Chart performance

"Fast Cars and Freedom" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of March 26, 2005.

Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 38
US Billboard Pop 100 70

Year-end charts
Chart (2005) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 5

References
  1. BMI.com | "Fast Cars & Freedom" Races to #1
  2. "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
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