Watch Wyclef Jean Play "Fast Car," Chat About the Fugees, Paul Simon, Christian Rock: Exclusive Video

Wyclef Jean stopped by the offices for lunch early this week, and he brought his guitar, which made everything even more exciting. Here's him performing "Fast Car," from his new album Carnival Vol II: Memoirs of an Immigrant , which just came out. Also check out below to see Wyclef retelling the story of making "Fast Car" with Paul Simon, plus a bonus video of him talking about his secret Christian rock history.

Click here to watch Wyclef discuss Making "Fast Car" with Paul Simon.

Click here for Wyclef on the Fugees and his Christian rock past.

Download the MP3 of "Fast Car" Live at Rolling Stone here:

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Song Stories

“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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