--- title: Most Popular YouTube Video of 2017 description: PSY's "Gangnam Style" has fallen behind the song "See You Again" from Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth, which now has nearly 2.9 billion views. canonical: https://time.com/4853195/most-popular-youtube-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-11T17:00:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:30.109Z og:title: There's a New Most-Watched Video of All Time on YouTube og:description: It's no longer PSY's viral hit song "Gangnam Style" og:url: https://time.com/4853195/most-popular-youtube-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There's a New Most-Watched Video of All Time on YouTube twitter:description: It's no longer PSY's viral hit song "Gangnam Style" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Take a Bow, Gangnam Style: There's a New Most-Watched Video of All Time on YouTube > Sponsored content. 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Paul Walker would have celebrated his 43rd birthday on Monday, and while gone, his presence is still felt in Hollywood and beyond_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 11, 2017 5:00 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 11, 2017 5:00 PM UTC Sorry, PSY: [“Gangnam Style”](http://time.com/3619615/gangnam-style-youtube-2/) is no longer the most-watched video on YouTube. That new honor has now been bestowed on the music video for [“See You Again,”](http://time.com/4365423/christina-grimmie-charlie-puth-see-you-again/) the tearjerker of a song from Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth that featured at the end of 2015’s [_Furious 7_](http://www.thedrive.com/a-list/1264/how-furious-7-magically-filmed-paul-walker-after-his-death) as a tribute to actor Paul Walker, who passed away in a car crash in 2013 before production was completed. With nearly 2.9 billion views (and counting), the heartfelt ballad — first listed on the video site on April 15, 2015 — intersperses shots of rapper Wiz and crooner Puth with archival clips from the _Fast and Furious_ franchise over the years, featuring Walker and fellow series stars [Vin Diesel](http://time.com/4770533/vin-diesel-paul-walker-mtv-awards/), Ludacris, Jordana Brewster, and the rest of their tight-knit squad. (That includes shots of Walker’s brothers standing in for Paul in some scenes of _Furious 7_.) “It’s been a long day without you my friend, and I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again,” the chorus goes, sung with Puth’s light touch. Puth also tweeted his surprise about the video’s success: “For the record, I joined YouTube in 2007 hoping to make a video that would reach 10,000 views,” he wrote. “Just heard about See You Again… wow.” It’s a far cry from South Korean pop star PSY’s video for “Gangnam Style,” which became a [viral sensation](http://time.com/3615881/gangnam-style-youtube/) thanks to singer PSY’s zany dance moves and filming choices, and the inescapably catchy tune. It, in turn, surpassed Justin Bieber’s “Baby” for the most-watched title, breaking YouTube’s counting system once it reached above 2 billion views at the time. While “See You Again” may currently reign supreme with about a million more plays than “Gangnam Style,” its status may be short-lived: the original version of [song of the summer](http://time.com/4794885/song-of-the-summer-2017/item/despacito-daddy-yankee-and-luis-fonsi-feat-justin-bieber/) “Despacito” from Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee is slowly but surely climbing in view counts, currently coming in at nearly 2.5 billion. It’s only been on the platform for six months. > [](https://twitter.com/charlieputh/status/884609842953965570) ## Transcript [00:01] Paul Walker who was killed in a November 2013 car crash [00:04] in California would have turned 43 on Monday. Although [00:07] he's passed, his memory is carried on through the many [00:10] lives he's touched. The movie he was a part of in the Paul [00:13] Walker Foundation. The foundation Foundation which was [00:15] established in 2015 by Paul's daughter Meadow carries on [00:18] Walker's legacy of helping students and researchers [00:21] pursue marine science education and work towards [00:23] developments in the field. Every year the foundation [00:25] honors an individual with the Paul Walker Ocean [00:28] Leadership Award. To quote, recognize individuals who [00:31] use their public stature to advance ocean causes and [00:33] support philanthropic ventures. Aside from his foundation [00:36] Walker lives on through the Fast and Furious franchise. He [00:39] died during the filming of the seventh installment So his [00:41] younger brother Cody walker served as a stand in. Also the [00:44] song written by Wiz Khalifa feature Charlie Puth for the [00:47] movie soundtrack was a tribute to Walker and spent twelve [00:50] consecutive weeks in the US top 100. While also gaining [00:54] more than 2 billion views on YouTube. [01:02] [ MUSIC ] Walker also had a lasting impact on his fellow [01:04] costars. Last year on the second anniversary of his [01:07] passing, Tyrese Gibson posted a heartfelt message on [01:10] Instagram how quote. It's still not easy. Even some of the [01:13] newest members of the franchise like Scott Eastwood [01:15] openly share what Paul Walker meant to them writing on [01:18] Instagram, quote, for me to be able to add to the F & F story, [01:21] Paul's story, and the FAST family is like a dream come [01:24] true. Meadow who was only 15 at the time of her father's [01:27] death is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Porsche [01:29] claiming her father would still be alive if the company had [01:32] installed proper safety features in the car. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4853195/most-popular-youtube-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4853195/most-popular-youtube-video/"},"headline":"Take a Bow, Gangnam Style: There's a New Most-Watched Video of All Time on YouTube","datePublished":"2017-07-11T17:00:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:30.109Z","description":"PSY's \"Gangnam Style\" has fallen behind the song \"See You Again\" from Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth, which now has nearly 2.9 billion views.","url":"https://time.com/4853195/most-popular-youtube-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","viral","YouTube","Music videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4853195/most-popular-youtube-video/","name":"Take a Bow, Gangnam Style: There's a New Most-Watched Video of All Time on YouTube"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Remembering Paul Walker on His Birthday: The Actor's Legacy, 3 Years After His Tragic Death","description":"Paul Walker would have celebrated his 43rd birthday on Monday, and while gone, his presence is still felt in Hollywood and beyond","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3DVX35Px/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-07-11T19:09:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3DVX35Px.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4853195/most-popular-youtube-video/","duration":"PT1M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4853195/most-popular-youtube-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```