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词条 A Thousand Years (Christina Perri song)
释义

  1. Composition

  2. Music video

  3. Track listing

  4. Cover versions

  5. Chart performance

  6. Charts

     Weekly charts  A Thousand Years  A Thousand Years, Pt. 2  Year-end charts 

  7. Certifications

     A Thousand Years  A Thousand Years, Pt. 2 

  8. Release history

  9. References

  10. External links

{{Infobox song
| name = A Thousand Years
| cover = AThousand Years.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Christina Perri
| album = The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| released = October 18, 2011
| format = Digital download
| recorded = 2011
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = pop, pop-folk
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=45}}
| label =
  • Atlantic
  • Chop Shop

| writer =
  • Christina Perri
  • David Hodges

| producer =
| prev_title = Arms
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Distance
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{External music video|{{Youtube|rtOvBOTyX00|"A Thousand Years"}}}}
}}

"A Thousand Years" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Christina Perri, and written by Perri and David Hodges, from the album The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2011), becoming a sleeper hit. The song was released as a digital download on October 18, 2011 worldwide, and serves as the second single from the album.[1] Perri re-recorded the song with vocals from Steve Kazee for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack titled A Thousand Years, Pt. 2.

Composition

"A Thousand Years" is in the key of B-flat major, with a vocal range of F3 to C5.[2]

The song was written about the love affair between the characters Edward and Bella from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.[3]

Music video

An official lyric video of the song was premiered on October 17, 2011 via Perri's official Facebook and Twitter pages as well as her official website. On October 26, 2011, she released an official video for the song on her YouTube channel. The video begins with Perri holding a candle. It features a few clips from the movie interspersed between scenes with Perri singing in a room with a floor full of candles. The video may include the voices from Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson saying they love each other while in a wedding and also they can be heard in the background before the bridge. Perri ends the video singing into a sunset.

It has over 1.2 billion views and 7.3 million likes on YouTube, making it one of the top 100 most-viewed YouTube videos.[4]

Track listing

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Cover versions

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  • A cover by American crossover band The Piano Guys was uploaded on YouTube on May 9, 2012; as of March 10, 2019, it has over 155 million views.[5]
  • American band Boyce Avenue released an acoustic version of "A Thousand Years". It currently has over 110 million views as of February 2019.[6]
  • Scottish singer Nicholas McDonald performed the song during the 10th series of the X Factor at the Arena audition.[7]
  • Scottish-American actor, singer, presenter and writer John Barrowman covered the song on his 2014 album "You Raise Me Up". He recorded the song after he married his husband, Scott Gil, and to celebrate gay couples who married after the United States Supreme Court denied an appeal to overturning California Proposition 8.[8]
  • Michael O'Dwyer, a member of the Irish stage production Celtic Thunder, covered the song for their CD/DVD set Celtic Thunder X.
  • Moms of kids with Down syndrome made a cover of the song that went viral.[9] The video currently has over 5 million views.[10]
  • Umer Hussain performed the song in his X-Factor audition in series 12, but he was unsuccessful. He posted a cover on his SoundCloud account once the show had been broadcast.

Chart performance

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On the week of October 23, 2011, the song debuted at number 63 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart,[11] and number 70 on Canadian Hot 100. It eventually reached a peak at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Perri her second top 40 hit. By July 2013, the song has sold over three million digital downloads in the US.[12] As of June 2014, the song has sold 3,657,000 copies in the US.[13] On August 3, 2018, the single was certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling seven million digital copies in the United States.

In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 32 on its original release in 2011. The following year, after the release of Breaking Dawn – Part 2, it peaked at number 13. In 2013, after it was performed on The X Factor (UK), it reached a new peak of 11.

Charts

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Weekly charts

A Thousand Years

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Chart (2011–13) Peak
position
Brazil (Billboard Brasil Hot 100)[14]58
Italy (FIMI)[15]30
US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)[16]46

A Thousand Years, Pt. 2

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Chart (2012–13) Peak
position
Brazil (Billboard Brasil Hot 100 Airplay)[17]98
Italy (FIMI)[15]27
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Year-end charts

Chart (2012)Position
Australia (ARIA)[18]67
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19]50
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[20]110
US Billboard Hot 100[21]87
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[22]21
US Adult Pop Songs[23]24
Chart (2013)Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24]57
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Certifications

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A Thousand Years

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A Thousand Years, Pt. 2

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Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United States[1]October 18, 2011Digital downloadAtlantic
Canada[28]WEA International Inc.
Australia[29]
United KingdomNovember 7, 2011Digital download (album only)Atlantic

References

1. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/album/a-thousand-years/id470758314?i=470758561&ign-mpt=uo%3D2|publisher=iTunes USA|title=A Thousand Years - Single|accessdate=2011-10-18}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=A Thousand Years sheet music by Christina Perri (Piano, Vocal & Guitar (Right-Hand Melody) – 113362) |url=https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/113362/Product.aspx |website=www.sheetmusicdirect.com |accessdate=September 13, 2018}}
3. ^{{cite news |last1=Pemberton |first1=Pat |title=A Thousand Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/a-thousand-years-81508/ |accessdate=September 13, 2018}}
4. ^{{Citation|last=Christina Perri|title=Christina Perri - A Thousand Years [Official Music Video]|date=2011-10-26|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rtOvBOTyX00|accessdate=2018-03-28}}
5. ^{{Citation|last=ThePianoGuys|title=Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (Piano/Cello Cover) - The Piano Guys|date=2012-05-09|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaTQ5-XfMM|accessdate=March 10, 2019}}
6. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIj07LL57RA |title=A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (Boyce Avenue acoustic cover) |date=June 30, 2013 |accessdate=September 19, 2018 }}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-2013-nicholas-mcdonald-little-overwhelmed-pushes-thousand-years-itunes-chart/|title=X Factor 2013: Nicholas McDonald is a little overwhelmed & pushes 'A Thousand Years' into iTunes chart!|date=2013-09-17|work=Unreality TV|access-date=2017-07-18}}
8. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv6kDDTUJlc&t=
9. ^https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/03/19/watch-a-group-of-moms-made-a-video-about-their-children-for-world-down-syndrome-day-n2462446
10. ^https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Biex1XR_mpo
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74427/week-ending-oct-23-2011-songs-christmas-in-october/;_ylt=AmxcHJIR9SSV0IiG1NIFZRkPwiUv|title=Week Ending Oct. 23, 2011. Songs: Christmas In October|publisher=Yahoo Chart Watch|date=2011-10-26|accessdate=2011-10-26}}
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-21-2013-songs-dancing-miley-201711611.html|title=Week Ending July 21, 2013. Songs: Dancing With Miley|author=Paul Grein |work=Chart Watch|date= July 24, 2013}}
13. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-sam-smith-zooms-top-10-204525192.html |title=Chart Watch: Sam Smith Zooms Into Top 10 | author=Paul Grein |date=June 11, 2014 |work=Yahoo Music }}
14. ^{{Cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=February–March 2013|title=Billboard Brasil Hot 100 Airplay |journal=Billboard Brasil |issue=38 |pages=84–89 |url= |accessdate= |editor=BPP}}
15. ^1 {{Cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=February–March 2013|title=FIMI CHARTS |journal=FIMI |url= http://www.fimi.it/ricerca#/type:songs/show:charts/keyword:A%20Thousand%20Years/page:0|accessdate= |editor=FIMI}}
16. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/christina-perri/chart-history/radio-songs |title=Radio Songs - Billboard |work=Billboard |date=March 31, 2012 |accessdate=November 1, 2018 |deadurl=no}}
17. ^Brazil Hot 100 Airplay. Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2012.htm|title=ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}
19. ^{{cite web |url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=2131 |title=Top Selling Singles of 2012 |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |accessdate=August 25, 2018}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2012.pdf|title=End of Year 2012|work=UKChartsPlus|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-100-songs?begin=81&order=position|title=Best of 2012 - Hot 100 Songs 81-90|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2012-12-14|date=}}
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-adult-contemporary-songs?begin=21&order=position|title=Best of 2012 - Adult Contemporary Songs 21-30|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=January 19, 2013}}
23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-adult-pop-songs?begin=21&order=position|title=Best of 2012 - Adult Pop Songs 21-30|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=January 19, 2013}}
24. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20130106/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 - 2013|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=January 2, 2013|accessdate=January 7, 2016|author=Dan Lane}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/7/aria-chart-watch-482/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #482|publisher=auspOp|date=July 21, 2018|accessdate=July 21, 2018}}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://instagram.com/p/jqBnC/|title=Christina Perri thanks Irish fans as "A Thousand Years" goes Gold|publisher=Christina Perri}}
27. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/CertificacionesAmprofon/photos/pb.167176543406965.-2207520000.1431405406./372746266183324/?type=1&theater |title=..:Certificaciones Mensuales 2015:.. |publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Facebook |date=30 April 2015 |accessdate=30 April 2015}}
28. ^{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/a-thousand-years/id470758314?i=470758561&ign-mpt=uo%3D2|title=A Thousand Years - Single|publisher=iTunes Canada|accessdate=2011-10-18}}
29. ^{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/a-thousand-years-single/id470758314|title=A Thousand Years - Single|publisher=iTunes Australia|accessdate=2011-10-18}}

External links

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