"See You Again" is a song by American rapper and singer

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featuring fellow American singer

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. It was commissioned for the

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of the 2015 film ''

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'' as a tribute to actor

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, who died in a

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on November 30, 2013. The song was released on March 10, 2015, as the soundtrack's

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in the United States. It was later included as a bonus track on the international release of Puth's debut album, ''

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''. "See You Again" became both Khalifa's and Puth's biggest single to date. It spent 12 non-consecutive weeks atop the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, tying

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" for the second longest-running rap number-one single in the country behind

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's "

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", and topped the

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for two consecutive weeks. It also reached number one in several other countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland. The song held the record for the most-streamed track in a single day on

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in the United States, until it was surpassed by

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's "

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". It set the record for most streams in a single week worldwide, and in the United Kingdom also in a single week. The music video was the most viewed video on YouTube from July 10 to August 4, 2017. "See You Again" received three nominations at the

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: Song of the Year,

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and

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. It was also shortlisted for the Song of the Year for the

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and was nominated for

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at the

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. "See You Again" was the best selling-song of 2015 worldwide, with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 20.9 million units according to

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Writing and development

"See You Again" was written by

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, and Andrew Cedar. It was produced by DJ Frank E, Charlie Puth, and Andrew Cedar, with mixing provided by

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. Frank E and Puth were approached by their publishing company, Artist Publishing Group, to develop a melody that could pay tribute to actor

for the film ''

'' (2015). His publishing company's president Ben Maddahi then set up a first-time studio session for Puth with DJ Frank E at a studio in Los Angeles. Puth became emotionally attached while writing the track, recalling Vail Cerullo, a friend of Puth's from his time at

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, who died in a motorcycle accident in 2012. He was at first reluctant that the film's soundtrack label,

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, would choose his vocal for the song. In an interview with the ''

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'', Puth recalled, "It just seemed to occur from out of nowhere. And basically 10 minutes later Justin (Franks J Frank E and I wrote it, we sent it off, and I thought we'd never hear about it again". Puth and DJ Frank E's output from the session was well received by ''Furious 7'' filmmakers,

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, and Atlantic. As a result, the track was further commissioned to include rapped verses by Khalifa based on the subject of family, combined with Puth's vocals and a piano

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. The song then went through an extensive note-giving and production process. Puth opined that his vocal was chosen by Atlantic because of his emotional attachment to the subject matter. Puth revealed on '' The Talk'' that Universal originally wanted to get a more established singer to sing his part. He also revealed in one of his interviews that the song's hook was originally written for

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. The song was chosen to be played at the end of the film, whereupon

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's retirement send-off to be with his wife and family, his character and

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drove on a mountain road and parted ways upon reaching a fork.

Composition

"See You Again" is a hip hop and

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ballad. It was written in the key of B major with a

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of and has a tempo of 80

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(''andante''/''andantino'').

Commercial performance

North America

In the United States, "See You Again" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and

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charts dated March 19, 2015, at number 100 and number 29 respectively, with first-week sales of 25,000 copies. On the chart issued for April 18, 2015, the song climbed from number 84 to number ten on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, selling 168,000 copies as the chart's "Digital Gainer" that week. Its climb into the top ten was the chart's biggest since

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's " Roar" (2013). In its fifth week, "See You Again" sold 464,000 copies and rose from number ten to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song marked Khalifa's second number one on the chart, following "

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" (2011), and Puth's first. It topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for 12 non-consecutive weeks. After its 12th week it was finally knocked off the top spot by Omis hit, "

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". It is one of 33 songs to reach number one for at least 10 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song also topped the

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and

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charts for four weeks and three weeks respectively. The song also topped Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B Hip Hip songs for 14 weeks each. As of July 7, 2016, "See You Again" has sold a total of 4,122,938 copies in the United States. The song fell out of the top ten on the chart dated August 29, 2015, spending a total of 19 weeks in the top ten. The song holds the record for the most-streamed track in a single day on

in the United States. It set the record for most streams in a single week worldwide during April 6 to April 12 (streamed 21.9 million times), and in the United Kingdom in a single week (streamed 3.72 million times from April 20 to April 26, 2015), which was broken by

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s "

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" (streamed 3.87 million times from September 17 to September 23, 2015).

Europe and Oceania

"See You Again" debuted at number 20 on the

issued for April 12, 2015, on streaming alone. It registered 1.8 million streams in the United Kingdom that week. Following its digital release, the song climbed to number one on the chart dated April 19, 2015. It sold 193,000 units that week, becoming the fastest-selling single in the United Kingdom of 2015. The song also broke the

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record in the United Kingdom that week with a total of 3.68 million streams that week. It marked Khalifa's second number one on the chart—following his feature on

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's "

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" (2012)—and Puth's first. "See You Again" sold 142,000 units during its first week at number one, and broke its own streaming record with 3.72 million streams that week. Omi's "

" replaced "See You Again" at number one the following week, selling approximately 1,000 units more than "See You Again" at number two. In New Zealand, "See You Again" debuted at number 34 on the

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dated March 30, 2015. It topped the chart in its third week, becoming Khalifa and Puth's first number one single in the country. In Australia, "See You Again" rose from number 59 to number one on the

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issued for April 11, 2015, marking Khalifa and Puth's first number one hit on the chart. The song's climb to number one was the largest in Australian Singles Chart history.

Music video

The music video for "See You Again" was directed by

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. It was uploaded to

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on April 6, 2015.

Background

The "See You Again" music video was the most viewed video on

from July 10 to August 4, 2017, and the most liked video on the site from August 27, 2016, to July 25, 2017. As of December 18, 2022, it has received over 5.7 billion views and over 39.8 million likes, making it the site's sixth most

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and second most liked video. It was the second video ever to record two billion and three billion views, the third video ever to reach four billion views and the fourth video ever to reach five billion views.

Synopsis

The video begins with a shot of a cliff top at sunset, followed by Khalifa walking down a highway road. Puth is then shown singing the chorus whilst sitting at, and playing, a piano located between two cars. Khalifa's rap verses and Puth singing the second chorus and

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are interspersed with footage from ''Furious 7''. After the bridge, the final movie scene shows

(

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) and

( Cody Walker, filling in for his brother, Paul) driving together, pulled over in their cars and smiling at each other one last time before driving away on separate roads into the sunset. After the camera pans up into the sky, the screen turns white, the words "For Paul" appear on screen and the video ends.

Reception

The video was the most viewed video on YouTube from July 10, 2017, when it surpassed "

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" by

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, to August 4 of that year, when it was surpassed by "

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" by

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featuring

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. The video was nominated for

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and Best Collaboration at the

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, but lost both. On August 27, 2016, the music video surpassed "Gangnam Style" as YouTube's most liked video of all time, after "Gangnam Style" held the record for almost 4 years. Also, on February 19, 2017, the music video succeeded "Gangnam Style" as the most rated YouTube video of all time with over 13.8 million total ratings. It has since been surpassed by "Despacito" as the most viewed, liked and rated video on YouTube.

Live performances

Khalifa and Puth performed "See You Again" live on ''

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'' in March 2015 and on an episode of ''

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'' in May 2015. Diesel also performed the song live as a tribute to Paul Walker during the 2015 MTV Movie Awards. Khalifa and Puth reprised the song in a performance on ''

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'' in April 2015. Khalifa has performed the song, without Puth, as part of the Boys of Zummer Tour, in which Khalifa co-headlined with

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. Puth performed the song at the Capital Jingle Bell Ball in 2015. Khalifa also performed the song on season 8 of ''

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'', with season 7 finalist

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performing Puth's vocals. Wiz Khalifa also performed the song at the

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. The intentions were for the song to be performed as a collaboration between Wiz Khalifa and

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, the leader of K-pop girl group

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, but the performance was later cancelled for unknown reasons. Khalifa and Puth also performed the song at the 2016 Kids' Choice Awards. On January 31, 2020, Khalifa and Puth performed "See You Again" live during halftime of a Portland Trail Blazers-Los Angeles Lakers game at the

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in Los Angeles, as a tribute to

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, his daughter Gianna and seven other victims of the Calabasas helicopter crash.

Awards and nominations

Track listing

Credits and personnel

*Andrew Cedar – songwriter, producer *

(Justin Franks) – songwriter, producer *

– songwriter,

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, producer *

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– string arranger, conductor *

(Cameron Thomaz) – songwriter, vocals *Annie & Chloe – edited version, vocals, producers Credits adapted from Soundtrack.Net and

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

Writing and development

Composition

Commercial performance

North America

Europe and Oceania

Music video

Background

Synopsis

Reception

Live performances

Awards and nominations

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

References

External links