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| - %22See You Again%22 is a song recorded by American rapper Wiz Khalifa featuring American singer Charlie Puth. The track was commissioned for the soundtrack of the 2015 action film Furious 7 as a tribute to the late Paul Walker. The artists co-wrote the song with its co-producers, DJ Frank E and Andrew Cedar, with additional production from Puth and mixing provided by Manny Marroquin. %22See You Again%22 was released on March 17, 2015, as the soundtrack's lead single in the United States. See You Again was written in memory of Paul Walker, who died in a single-vehicle accident on November 30, 2013. Because the filming of Furious 7 was underway, Paul's brothers offered to step in so the movie could be completed.%22See You Again%22 was a global commercial success, becoming both Khalifa's and Puth's biggest hit to date. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 non-consecutive weeks, tying %22Lose Yourself%22 of Eminem for being the longest-running rap number-one hit in the country, and in the United Kingdom on 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 holds the record for the most-streamed track in a single day on Spotify in the United States (streamed 4.2 million times on April 13, 2015). It set the record for most streams in a single week in 26 countries 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 Justin Bieber 's %22What Do You Mean?%22 (streamed 3.87 million times from September 17 to September 23, 2015).
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