''Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to ''

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''. It was released on March 17, 2015, by

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. The film had three initial promotional singles released from the soundtrack. The first was " Ride Out", performed by

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, Wale, YG and

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. "Ride Out" also had a music video alongside its release, and the second single was " Go Hard or Go Home", performed by

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and

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. Both singles were released on February 17, 2015. "Off-Set", performed by T.I. and

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was the final promotional single for the film, and had a music video accompanied its release.

released a music video for "

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" as the final tribute to late

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in the film series. It features pop singer

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, who wrote the song alongside Khalifa. The music video consisted of compiled archive footage from the duration of the film series in special memory of Walker. "See You Again" was a huge international success, reaching number one in fourteen countries, including the US, ending

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's "

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" fourteen-week reign at the top of the chart. The song received a nomination for

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at the

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Commercial performance

In the United States, the album debuted at number 12 on the chart, dipped 5 spots to 17, before gaining traction and moving up 15 positions marks the largest jump into the top 2 of the chart, since ''

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'', which moved 31 positions (33–2) in the week ending January 22, 2013. The album peaked at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart for one week in its fourth week, in the week ending April 12, 2015, earning 111,000

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s (58,000 copies of traditional album sales). It was buoyed by the popularity and increase in sales of its single, "

" (which also went number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, with 464,000 sales the same week), which allowed the album to edge over ''

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'' (94,000 copies), ''

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'' (80,000 copies) and ''

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'' (69,000 copies). The album also reached number 2 on the

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(held off by '' Now 90'').

Critical reception

Writing for ''

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'', and rating the album three and a half-out-of-five stars, Nick Murray states: "Pop music and cars have a long history, but the ''Furious 7'' soundtrack goes one step further, seeking out 16 tracks thrilling enough for the biggest chase movie of the decade. The resulting LP doesn't just move between hip-hop,

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and

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—it shows all three genres trading ideas. Environmentalists, rejoice: This one is plenty of fun even if no one's burning gas."

Track listing

Notes * signifies a vocal producer * signifies an additional producer * signifies a co-producer Sample credits *"How Bad Do You Want It (Oh Yeah)" contains a sample of "Utopia", performed by Bang La Decks, written by Klejdi Llupa and Theodore Economou. *"Blast Off" contains a sample of "

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", performed and written by

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. *"Six Days (Remix)" contains a sample of "Six Day War", performed by

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and written by Brian Farrell. *"GDFR (Noodles Remix)" contains a sample of "

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", performed and written by

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References

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