Charlie Puth has plenty of hit singles, but “See You Again” featuring Wiz Khalifa is what put him on the map. However, Puth might have remained unknown after the debut of this song because he was not initially supposed to appear on the track. The artist recently admitted that Eminem, Sam Smith, and a few other artists auditioned for “See You Again,” but it ultimately went to Puth.
‘See You Again’ was Charlie Puth’s first worldwide hit
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“See You Again” is a 2015 song by American rapper and singer Wiz Khalifa, featuring Charlie Puth. It was written by Wiz Khalifa, Puth, DJ Frank E and Andrew Cedar. The song appeared in 2015 furious 7 and is a tribute to Paul Walker, who died in a car accident in 2013. furious 7 It ended up earning over a billion dollars at the box office, but “See You Again” was also a big hit.
The song spent 12 weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100, tying Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” as the second-longest-running rap single in the country behind Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road”. It was the best-selling song of 2015 worldwide and is the biggest hit song for both Wiz Khalifa and Puth.
Eminem and Sam Smith auditioned to be in ‘See You Again’
Charlie Puth recently did an interview with Allure to discuss several of his most iconic music videos. While discussing “See You Again,” Puth admitted that he wasn’t meant to be the artist featured on the song. He was a relatively new artist and artists like Eminem, Sam Smith, Adele and Lil Wayne had all auditioned to be on the song.
“Actually, I wasn’t supposed to be in this music video. I remember they were shooting the first day of the music video, and I was in my music video and they were like, ‘Wait, never mind. You’re not going to sing anymore. You don’t need to come. And I turned around and then the next day they said, ‘Just kidding.’ We need you here. I wrote this song for Sam Smith, Adele, Eminem, Skylar Grey, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, they all auditioned to sing it. I never intended to be the artist for this song.”
Considering Wiz Khalifa handled the rap verses, Eminem and Lil Wayne would have been odd choices to handle Puth’s chorus. However, someone like Sam Smith and Adele could have highly praised the song. Still, it’s nice that Puth is able to capitalize on the success of this song and have his own successful career.
Eminem has experience making songs for movie soundtracks, and his reason for not doing “See You Again” came down to scheduling conflicts. In an interview with Fuse, 50 Cent revealed that Eminem turned down “See You Again” because he was working on a song for Left handeda 2015 boxing film starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
“At the time, [Eminem] I had to make a decision between doing that and the song for Fast and Furious”, 50 Cent explained. “That record [‘See You Again’] it was a huge hit for Wiz Khalifa and them. [Eminem] decided to do Left handed because he was involved in the project.”
Left handed was not as successful as furious 7, Eminem’s song was also not as successful as “See You Again”. He may have missed this opportunity, but Eminem is still very successful.
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