For once, there was a noteworthy performance at the Grammys that didn’t have anything to do with Satan or a certain obscene song by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. No, this year’s viral performance was an understated duet between a country music star and a singer-songwriter whose biggest hit came out in the ‘80s. 

That hit was “Fast Car,” Tracy Chapman’s ballad about striving for a better life. It became a top-10 hit after it was released in 1988. Then, last year, country crooner Luke Combs released a cover of the song (“my favorite song before I even knew what a favorite song was”), which topped the country charts. Since the Grammys performance, streaming numbers for Chapman’s original have exploded.