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
Songwriter(s)	Gary LeVox Wendell Mobley Neil Thrasher [1]
Producer(s)	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. Billboard Hot 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)	Peak position
Canada Country ( Radio & Records ) [3]	2
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4]	1
US Billboard Hot 100 [5]	38
US Billboard Pop 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.