Faded (Alan Walker song)

"Faded" is a song by Norwegian DJ and record producer Alan Walker with vocals by Norwegian singer-songwriter Iselin Solheim. A rework of Walker's earlier song "Fade", the song was written by Walker, Jesper Borgen, Mood Melodies, and Gunnar Greve and produced by the former three. It was released as a single by MER on 3 December 2015, for digital download and streaming.

The song has been described as electro house, progressive house, and melodic house and was praised by critics for its melancholic melody, synthesizers, and vocals. Lyrically, the song expresses a sense of longing and a search for something meaningful. It was also a commercial success, topping Norway's VG-lista chart for 14 weeks and becoming Walker's first number-one single. In Germany, it reached number one on the GfK Entertainment charts for ten weeks. 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. "Faded" reached number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the 16th Norwegian song to chart there. It topped the charts in 18 countries and also topped the year-end charts in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden.

The accompanying music video was released the day after the single and was directed by Rikkard and Tobias Häggbom, with filming taking place in Estonia. It reached one billion views on YouTube on 26 March 2017, becoming the first Norwegian song to achieve this milestone. It also became the first electronic dance music (EDM) song to surpass three billion views on YouTube. As of June 2024, it ranks as the 28th most-viewed YouTube video, with over 3.9 billion views as of March 2026.

The song won The Cannes Lions Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Årets Låt (Song of the Year) award at Spellenmannprisen '16, and the Best International Hit award at the Swiss Music Awards, and was nominated for British Single of the Year at the Brit Awards 2017 and Song of the Year at the Echo Music Prize. Walker debuted a live performance of "Faded" with Solheim and string support on 27 February 2016, at the X Games Norway in Oslo, which was broadcast live on Norwegian television. It was included as the ultimate track on Walker's album Different World (2018) after an interlude specific to the track.