A Thousand Years (Christina Perri song)

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"A Thousand Years"
Single by Christina Perri
from the album The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Released	October 18, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	4:45 (Part 1) 5:05 (Part 2)
Label	Atlantic Records
Songwriter(s)	Christina Perri David Hodges
Producer(s)	David Hodges
Christina Perri singles chronology
"Arms" (2011) "A Thousand Years" (2011) "Distance" (2012)
Music video
"A Thousand Years" on YouTube

"A Thousand Years" is a ballad recorded by American singer and songwriter Christina Perri, written by Perri and its producer David Hodges, for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. The song was released worldwide as a digital download on October 18, 2011 and serves as the second single by Atlantic Records from the movie's official soundtrack.^[2] Perri re-recorded the song with vocals from Steve Kazee for the sequel The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012). It was also produced by Hodges.