It spent 12 non-consecutive weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100, tying Eminem's "Lose Yourself" for the second longest-running rap number-one single in the country behind Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road", and topped the UK Singles Chart for two consecutive weeks.
[2] 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 Spotify in the United States, until it was surpassed by One Direction's "Drag Me Down".
It was produced by DJ Frank E, Charlie Puth, and Andrew Cedar,[8] with mixing provided by Manny Marroquin.
[11][12] Puth and DJ Frank E's output from the session was well received by Furious 7 filmmakers, Universal Pictures, 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 melody.
[13] Before choosing Wiz Khalifa's version, several other rappers were offered to record the rapped parts of the song, including Eminem, 50 Cent and Tyga.
[14][15][16] Puth was at first reluctant that the film's soundtrack label, Atlantic Records, would choose his vocal for the song.
[13] Puth revealed on The Howard Stern Show that Atlantic originally wanted to get a more established singer to sing his part, having Chris Brown, Sam Smith, Jason Derulo and others recording their own versions of the song's chorus.
The song holds the record for the most-streamed track in a single day on Spotify in the United States.
As of February 10, 2025, it has received over 6.5 billion views and over 44.5 million likes, making it the site's sixth most-viewed and fourth most-liked video.
[50] 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 bridge are interspersed with footage from Furious 7.
After the bridge, the final movie scene shows Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Conner (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.
[53] Diesel also performed the song live as a tribute to Paul Walker during the 2015 MTV Movie Awards.
[57] 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 Staples Center in Los Angeles, as a tribute to Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other victims of the Calabasas helicopter crash.
[58] On January 15, 2024, Puth and The War and Treaty performed "See You Again" along with "I'll Be There for You" at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, during the In Memoriam segment.