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Christina Perri has announced the release of her eagerly awaited new single, "A Thousand Years."

The track – featured on Summit Entertainment/Chop Shop/Atlantic's upcoming "THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1 ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK" – will be available via all DSPs beginning Tuesday, October 18, while the album arrives in stores and online on Tuesday, November 8.

In advance of the track release, a 30-second preview will be available on THE TWILIGHT SAGA Facebook page (http://www.Facebook.com/Twilight) is now available, featured on a special "Soundtrack" tab.

Additionally, the lyric video for "A Thousand Years" will premiere exclusively via http://www.christinaperri.com beginning at midnight October 18.

The next chapter of The Twilight Saga will be released as two separate films, with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 slated for release on November 16, 2012.