Wiz Khalifa'due south 2015 "See You Once more" video and single from the original movement pic soundtrack forFurious 7 has accomplished a remarkable feat past any standard. The Pittsburgh stoner's pop-friendly striking has surpassed Psy's "Gangnam Style" as the most-watched video on the YouTube service, totaling just shy of two.nine billion videos every bit of Tuesday (July 11).

The reception to the song was peculiarly robust afterward its release in March 2015 and by Oct of that yr, information technology became the first Hip Hop video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. The song was particularly moving to fans of the Furious franchise after Walker, a master star of the series, was killed in a single-automobile blow in 2013. As shown in "See You Again," it would marking the last time Walker would appear in the films and scenes from Furious 7 are featured throughout the video.

Khalifa'south video gained farther traction later on information technology became but the second video to reach two billion views after "Gangnam Style." On Monday (July x), the clip reached its new historic mark according to a report from the Associated Press, who spoke with the number crunchers at YouTube. The official numbers for "Come across You Once again" sit at 2,897,619,778 while "Gangnam Style" trails at 2,895,111,556.

The lead single from the Furious 7 soundtrack, which features Atlantic Records vocalizer and songwriter Charlie Puth, is Khalifa'southward biggest record to date. Produced by DJ Frank E, Puth, and Andrew Cedar, "Run across You Again" was also packaged in the worldwide release of Puth'due south platinum-selling debut, Nine Track Mind.

Puth tweeted his delight at the news on Monday later breaking Psy's tape. The K-Pop star's smash striking debuted in 2012 and garnered him worldwide recognition and a series of awards, including YouTube'south "Diamond Play" award for amassing over ten million subscribers to his aqueduct.

The AP notes that Justin Bieber'south "Sorry" is the third most-watched video on the Google-owned video streaming network with ii,636,503,862 views and counting. Puerto Rican singer and role player Luis Fonsi is hot on the trail of the big 3 as his hit song "Despacito" featuring Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee, is at 2,490,957,209 views post-obit its January 2017 release.

Khalifa didn't make a direct mention of the large news, but did share a story from Forbes mentioning the feat via his Twitter business relationship.