Fast Cars and Freedom

"Fast Cars and Freedom"
Single by Rascal Flatts
from the album Feels Like Today
Released	March 21, 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Country
Length	4:23(album version) 3:55 (single version)
Label	Lyric Street
Songwriters	Gary LeVox Wendell Mobley Neil Thrasher [1]
Producers	Mark Bright Rascal Flatts Marty Williams [2]
Rascal Flatts singles chronology
"Bless the Broken Road" (2004) "Fast Cars and Freedom" (2005) "Skin (Sarabeth)" (2005)

"Fast Cars and Freedom" is a song recorded by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on March 21, 2005, as the third single from the album Feels Like Today. It was the group's fourth Number One single on the U.S. BillboardHot Country Songs charts.

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]

Other versions

Rascal Flatts re-recorded the song with Jason Aldean on the 2025 Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets.

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)	Peakposition
Canada Country (Radio & Records)[3]	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	38
US BillboardPop 100	70

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	5

References

1. BMI.com | "Fast Cars & Freedom" Races to #1
2. Feels Like Today (CD booklet). Rascal Flatts. Lyric Street Records. 2004. 2061-65049-2.
3. "Canada Country Top 30"(PDF). Radio & Records. July 1, 2005. p. 43. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
4. "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
5. "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
6. "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2012.