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"See You Again" is a song by American rapper
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featuring American singer-songwriter
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. Produced by Puth,
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and Andrew Cedar, who also co-wrote the song with Khalifa, the song was commissioned for the
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of the 2015 film ''
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'' as a tribute to ''
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'' 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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. It was later included as a bonus track on the international release of Puth's debut album, ''
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'' (2016). "See You Again" became both artists' biggest single to date. It spent 12 non-consecutive weeks atop the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, tying with
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's "
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" for the second longest-running rap number-one single in the country behind
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", and topped the UK Singles Chart 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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". 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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,
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and Best Song Written for Visual Media. 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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. It is certified Diamond by the
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, and is one of the most-streamed songs on Spotify ever, with over 2.1 billion streams.


Writing and development

"See You Again" was written by
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,
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,
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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
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for the film ''
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'' (2015); Artist Publishing Group then set up a first-time studio session for Puth with DJ Frank E at a studio in Los Angeles. Puth, talking about the first studio session for the song, said that when he went to the studio " he producerswere working on this song" and it already had the "See You Again" chords, but it was a " synthy" production for a "
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song", and he later suggested the idea of the song being a
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instead. Puth said that he became emotionally attached while writing the lyrics of 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. 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 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. Before choosing
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's version, several other rappers were offered to record the rapped parts of the song, including
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,
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and
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. Puth said that he was initially reluctant to let the film's soundtrack label,
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, choose his vocals 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 revealed on ''
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'' that Atlantic originally wanted to get a more established singer to sing his part, having
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,
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and others recording their own versions of the song's chorus. Puth stated that also British singer
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"wanted to cut it". According to Puth, "none of the vocals had the ightfeeling ... What I was singing about specifically, you just couldn't hear it in their voice. I think Chris Brown got the closest to it, but they ended up, lucky me, going with my vocal". The song was chosen to be played at the end of the film. After
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's retirement send-off, the song can be heard as Brian and
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drive on a mountain road, parting ways as they reach a fork.


Composition

"See You Again" is a
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and
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. It is written in the key of
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with a
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of , and has a tempo of 80
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(''andante''/''andantino''). The chorus of the song has 180 background vocal layers.


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 "
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" (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
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s 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 holds the record for the most-streamed track in a single day on
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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 22 on the UK Singles Chart 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.
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's "
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" 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
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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 July 19, 2025, it has received over 6.7 billion views and over 45.3 million likes, making it the site's sixth most-viewed and fourth 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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(
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) and
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( 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 Best Hip-Hop Video 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.


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
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. Khalifa and Puth reprised the song in a performance on ''
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'' in April 2015. Khalifa and Puth also performed the song at the
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. 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. On January 15, 2024, Puth and
The War and Treaty The War and Treaty are an American husband and wife duo consisting of singer-songwriters Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter. Their debut studio album '' Healing Tide'' (2018), received critical acclaim upon its release. Soon afterwards, they ...
performed "See You Again" along with " I'll Be There for You" at the
75th Primetime Emmy Awards The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2022, until May 31, 2023, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards ceremony was held on January 15, 2024, at ...
, during the In Memoriam segment.


Awards and nominations


Track listing


Credits and personnel

*Andrew Cedar – songwriter, producer *
DJ Frank E Justin Franks, known professionally as DJ Frank E, is an American DJ and music producer from Denver, Colorado. Frank E started working closely with Adelio Lombardi, founder of Side 3 Entertainment and owner of Side 3 Studios in Denver, while wo ...
(Justin Franks) – songwriter, producer *
Charlie Puth Charles Otto Puth Jr. (; born December 2, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his cover (music), song covers uploaded to YouTube. Puth signed with the record labe ...
 – songwriter,
vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...
, producer *
Brian Tyler Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, conductor and arranger, best known for his film, television, and video game scores. In his 26-year career, Tyler has scored seven installments of the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise, ...
 – string arranger,
conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Biology and medicine * Bone conduction, the conduction of sound to the inner ear * Conduction aphasia, a language disorder Mathematics * Conductor (ring theory) * Conductor of an abelian variety * Cond ...
*
Wiz Khalifa Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he signed with the local independent label Rostrum Records to re ...
(Cameron Thomaz) – songwriter, vocals *Annie & Chloe – edited version, vocals, producers Credits adapted from
Soundtrack.Net Soundtrack.Net (originally SoundtrackNet) is a website dedicated to film and television music. History Created in 1997 by Amélie E. Koran and Dan Goldwasser at Carnegie Mellon University, Soundtrack.Net has grown over the past decade to beco ...
and
AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Decade-end charts


All-time charts


Certifications


Release history


See also

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List of best-selling singles This is a compendium of the best-selling single (music), music singles. The criterion for inclusion is to sell at least ten million copies worldwide. The singles listed here were cited by reliable sources from various media, such as digital j ...
* List of Airplay 100 number ones of the 2010s *
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2015 The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published by ''Billboard'' magazine, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and di ...
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List of number-one digital songs of 2015 (U.S.) The List of number-one digital songs of 2015 in the United States are based upon the highest-selling digital singles ranked in the Hot Digital Songs chart, published by ''Billboard'' magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on ea ...
* List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2015 (U.S.) *
List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2015 This is a list of the U.S. ''Billboard'' magazine Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2015. During 2015, a total of 19 singles hit number-one on the charts. Chart history See also *2015 in American music The following is a list of no ...
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List of Billboard Rhythmic number-one songs of the 2010s The Rhythmic (chart), Rhythmic chart (concurrently referred to as Rhythmic Songs since June 2009) debuted in ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Magazine in the issue dated October 3, 1992, as the Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover chart. Weekly rankings are ...
* List of Hot 100 Airplay number-one singles of the 2010s *
List of number-one singles of 2015 (Australia) The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2015, nineteen singles cl ...
* List of number-one digital tracks of 2015 (Australia) * List of number-one streaming tracks of 2015 (Australia) * List of number-one urban singles of 2015 (Australia) *
List of number-one hits of 2015 (Austria) This is a list of the Austrian number-one singles and albums of 2015 as compiled by Ö3 Austria Top 40, the official chart provider of Austria. References {{AustrianNumber1s Number-one hits Austria 2015 2015 was designated by t ...
* List of Ultratop 50 Flanders number-one singles of 2015 * List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2015 *
List of number-one hits of 2015 (Denmark) Tracklisten is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles and tracks of the Denmark. Its data, published by IFPI Denmark and compiled by Nielsen Music Control, is based collectively on each single's weekly digital sales. Chart history R ...
* List of number-one singles of 2015 (Finland) *
List of number-one hits of 2015 (Germany) The Media Control Charts are record charts compiled by Media Control on behalf of the German record industry. They include the "Single Top 100" and the "Album Top 100" chart. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, and the chart compilatio ...
* List of number-one singles of 2015 (Ireland) * List of number-one hits of 2015 (Italy) * List of Mexico Airplay number-one singles from the 2010s * List of Mexico Ingles Airplay singles of the 2010s *
List of number-one singles from the 2010s (New Zealand) This is the Recorded Music NZ list of number-one singles in New Zealand during the 2010s decade, starting from Monday 4 January 2010. From 7 November 2014, the chart also included data from audio on demand streaming services. Chart Key : – Nu ...
*List of number-one songs in Norway#2015, List of number-one songs in Norway *List of number-one hits of 2015 (Switzerland)#Romandie Charts, List of Romandie Charts number-one singles of 2015 *Scottish Singles and Albums Charts#2015, Lists of Scottish number-one singles of 2015 *List of number-one singles of 2015 (South Africa) *List of number-one singles of the 2010s (Sweden)#2015, List of number-one singles of the 2010s (Sweden) *List of number-one hits of 2015 (Switzerland) *List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s#2015, List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s *List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2015 *List of most-liked YouTube videos *List of most-viewed YouTube videos *List of most-streamed songs on Spotify *List of most-streamed songs in the United Kingdom


References


External links

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