Young Forever

"Young Forever"
Single by Jay-Z featuring Mr Hudson
from the album The Blueprint 3
Released	January 11, 2010
Recorded	2008
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	4:13
Label	Roc Nation Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Shawn Carter Marian Gold Bernhard Lloyd Frank Mertens
Producer(s)	Kanye West
Jay-Z singles chronology
"I Wanna Rock (The Kings' G-Mix)" (2010) "Young Forever" (2009) "XXXO" (2010)
Mr. Hudson singles chronology
"White Lies" (2009) "Young Forever" (2009) "Playing with Fire" (2010)

"Young Forever" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z, released in early 2010 as the fifth single from his 2009 album The Blueprint 3 on the Roc Nation label. The song was produced by Kanye West. It is a rework of Alphaville's 1984 song "Forever Young": the original melody is retained, British singer Mr Hudson sings the original lyrics (primarily during the first verse and the chorus), and Jay-Z raps during the following verses in place of the original song's additional verses.

It was released as the third official single in the United Kingdom ("D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" was never officially released there). In that country, the song was originally scheduled to be released on the same day as Mr. Hudson's other collaboration with N-Dubz, "Playing with Fire", but the single was pushed back until January 25, 2010.

The song has been performed several times by Jay-Z accompanied by Beyoncé in place of Mr. Hudson, such as at the 2010 Coachella festival where Jay-Z was a headline act. Jay-Z brought out Beyoncé as a surprise guest and performed the closing song of the night. The couple also performed the song on New Year's Eve in 2010 at a concert at the Las Vegas Cosmopolitan Hotel.^[1][2] The song has also been used as the encore for both of their joint On the Run (2014) and On the Run II (2018) all-stadium tours.