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| Single by Alan Walker | ||||
| from the album Different World | ||||
| Released | 3 December 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
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| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Mer Musikk | |||
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| "Faded" on YouTube | ||||
"Faded" is a song by Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker with vocals provided by Norwegian singer Iselin Solheim. A rework of Walker's prior single "Fade", the song was written by Walker, Jesper Borgen, Mood Melodies and Gunnar Greve, and produced by the former three. The song was released as a single by Mer Musikk on 3 December 2015 for digital download and streaming.
The song topped the charts in several countries around the world, including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. It has received several certifications around the world, including 11x platinum in Sweden, double diamond in Poland, 7x platinum in Italy, and quadruple platinum in both Australia and Spain.[1] It also reached number one on the Shazam Worldwide Top 100 Popular Songs in February 2016, and by March 2016, had become the world's most Shazamed song. As of June 2023, it is the 28th most viewed video on YouTube and also the 14th most viewed music video, with over 3.3 billion views, and was the first EDM track to hit 3 billion views.[2] "Faded" is also the 95th most-streamed song on Spotify as of March 2024, with over 1.8 billion streams.
Walker debuted a live performance of "Faded" with Solheim and string support on 27 February 2016 at the X Games in Oslo.[3] The performance was aired live on Norwegian television. The song was put as the ultimate track on Walker's 2018 album Different World after an interlude specific to the track.
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- ^ "DJ Alan Walker celebrates X Games Oslo". X Games. ESPN. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original (Contains video) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.