| 12 | S&M- assistant recording engineer:
- Bobby Campbell and Robert Campbell
- recording engineer:
- Josh Gudwin, Josh Gudwin (lead vocals [vocal recording engineer]), Kuk Harrell, Kuk Harrell (lead vocals [vocal recording engineer]), Mikkel S. Eriksen, Marcos Tovar , Marcos Tovar (lead vocals [vocal recording engineer]), Sandy Vee and Miles Walker
- additional engineer, assistant engineer and additional assistant mixer:
- Damien Lewis
- additional producer:
- Veronika Bozeman (lead vocals; task: vocal)
- producer:
- V. Bozeman (lead vocals [vocal producer]), Josh Gudwin (task: vocal), Kuk Harrell (lead vocals, lead vocals [vocal producer]; task: vocal), Stargate , StarGate , Marcos Tovar (task: vocal) and Sandy Vee
- mixer:
- Phil Tan and Sandy Vee
- instruments:
- Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen and Sandy Vee
- background vocals:
- Esther Renay Dean
- lead vocals:
- Rihanna
- produced for:
- 45th & 3rd Music LLC and Empire Artist Management
- recorded at:
- Roc the Mic Studios in New York, New York, United States, The Bunker Studios in Paris, Île-de-France, France and Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States
- mixed at:
- The Bunker Studios in Paris, Île-de-France, France and The Ninja Beat Club in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- part of:
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2011 (number: 12)
- recording of:
- S&M
- writer:
- Ester Dean, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Sandy Wilhelm
- publisher:
- Dat Damn Dean Music, Dipiù S.r.l., Downtown DMP Songs, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Mikkel Songs Inc., Peermusic III, Ltd. , Ultra Empire Music, Victor Music Arts, ピアーミュージック , イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Rihanna | 3.8 | 4:03 |