Best Thing I Never Had
~ Recording by Beyoncé
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:12 | Beyoncé | Best Thing I Never Had | Beyoncé | Single |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | |
| 1.1 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | Best Thing I Never Had | Beyoncé | Single |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | G010002672161X |
| 1.2 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | Promo Only: Urban Radio, July 2011 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697908242 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (deluxe edition) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88697933582 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (deluxe edition) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697933582 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | 4 | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | 4 | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88697908242 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (Target exclusive, deluxe edition) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | 88697922992, CK1-79299 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | 4 | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | S10842 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (deluxe edition) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88697922992, S10843C |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (deluxe edition) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | 88697933582 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (deluxe edition) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | 4 (deluxe edition) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (通常盤) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP-3187 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (初回限定盤) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP-3185, SICP-3186 |
| 1.1 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | Best Thing I Never Had | Beyoncé | Single |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | 88697 94517 2 |
| 1.3 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:12 | Beyoncé | Bravo Hits 75 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Bertelsmann Club, Polystar (Germany), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 301993, 88697 81654 2 |
| 1.3 | Best Thing I Ever Had | 4:12 | Beyoncé | Bravo Hits 75 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 81654 2 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had（从未拥有过） | ?:?? | Beyoncé | 4 | Beyoncé | Album |
| 上海声像 | 9787799436623 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697933552 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | CDCOL7406 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | 4 | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88697933532 |
| 1.3 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:12 | Beyoncé | Bravo Hits 75 (Swiss Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 88697 81656 2 |
| 2.7 | Best Thing I Never Had (radio edit) | 4:14 | Beyoncé | BRIT Awards 2012 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Universal Music on Demand | ||
| 2.7 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:15 | Beyoncé | Brit Awards 2012 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
| 1.12 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (re‐issue) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88725423662 |
| 1.12 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | 4 (expanded edition) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | |
| 1.12 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | 4 (expanded edition) | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | G010002953658J |
| 1.12 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | 4 | Beyoncé | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment | 88725423662 |
| 1.19 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:13 | Beyoncé | R&B: 100 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:12 | Beyoncé | Chilled R&B: The Gold Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.3 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:12 | Beyoncé | Chilled R&B: The Gold Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88843088282 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 2.1 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:12 | Beyoncé | Now That’s What I Call Music! 59 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!) | CDNOWD (WEE) 59 |
| 1.4 | Best Thing I Never Had | 4:14 | Beyoncé | Promo Only: Mainstream Radio, July 2011 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Jordan “DJ Swivel” Young (Canadian producer Jordan Young) |
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| assistant engineer: | Gloria Kaba (engineer) Serge Nudel Pete Wolford |
| executive producer: | Beyoncé Knowles |
| producer: | Beyoncé Knowles Caleb (Caleb McCampbell) Antonio Dixon Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) S1 (producer Larry Griffin, aka S1) Shea Taylor |
| assistant mixer: | Val Brathwaite |
| mixer: | Tony Maserati (engineer / mixer) |
| guitar: | Rob Suchecki (AM Aesthetic) |
| lead vocals: | Beyoncé |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2011) Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2011) |
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| mixed for: | Two Chord Music, Inc. |
| produced for: | Soul Kontrollaz Productions, Inc. Very Good Beats, Inc. |
| recorded at: | KMA Studios in New York, New York, United States MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States |
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| mixed at: | Jungle City Studios in New York, New York, United States |
| part of: | Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2011 (number: 86) (order: 86) |
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| recording of: | Best Thing I Never Had |
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Related works
Best Thing I Never Had
| writer: | Beyoncé Knowles Caleb McCampbell (Caleb McCampbell) Antonio Dixon Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) Larry Griffin, Jr. (producer Larry Griffin, aka S1) Patrick “j.Que” Smith (US pop songwriter & producer) Shea Taylor |
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| publisher: | B‐Day Publishing Christopher Matthew Music DLJ Songs Downtown Music Publishing EMI April Music Publishing Faze 2 Music Hitco Music Publishing Muzik (publisher) Roc Nation Music |
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