Michael Collings

Michael Collings is an English singer who came to International public attention when he appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent Series 5 on 16 April 2011, singing "Fast Car" written by Tracy Chapman.

Britain's Got Talent
His performance of "Fast Car" made news in Great Britain and resulted in the original version of "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman re-entering the UK Charts at number 4 the following week. Collings became an early favourite to win Britain's Got Talent 2011 after his first audition. Collings went into the semi-final show 5 Britain's Got Talent on June 3, 2011 and sang "You do something to me" by Paul Weller and received four yes votes from the judges (Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff) and was therefore voted into the final show. On the Series 5 final of Britain's Got Talent on June 4, 2011, Collings sang  "Fast Car" once again as his final performance and placed 5th overall after the public vote.

YouTube
On 20 December 2011, YouTube announced that Collings' version of "Fast Car" was YouTube's 5th most played video of 2011. Collings' audition video for "Fast Car" now has received over 21,000,000 views and 111,000 likes.

Single release
In August 2011, Collings joined AWAL Records.

On 7 November 2011, Collings released his cover version of "Fast Car" on iTunes and Amazon.com.