Best Part of Me
"Best Part of Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran featuring American singer Yebba. It was released on 5 July 2019 through Asylum and Atlantic Records, along with "Blow (Ed Sheeran, [Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars song)|Blow]", as the fourth and fifth singles respectively from his fourth studio album No.6 Collaborations Project.
Background and composition
About working with YEBBA, Ed Sheeran stated "I loved making record. YEBBA is phenomenal, she's onto massive things". "Best Part of Me" was announced as part of the tracklist for No.6 Collaborations Project. Sheeran revealed the song's release date on 4 July 2019. It was released alongside "Blow (Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton and [Bruno Mars song)|BLOW]" the next day."Best Part of Me" is a romantic pop ballad. According to Idolators Mike Nied, the song is a romantic ballad which "builds up to a very loved-up chorus". Spin's Rob Arcand wrote that it "slows things down", comparing it to Sheeran's solo acoustic rendition of the Justin Bieber collaboration "I [Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber song)|I Don't Care]".
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.- Ed Sheeran – vocals, songwriter, producer, bass, guitar
- YEBBA – featured vocals, songwriter
- Benny Blanco – songwriter, producer, keyboards
- Joe Rubel – producer, engineer, keyboards
- Thomas Bartlett – keyboards
- Pino Palladino – bass
- Chris Sclafani – engineer
- Gosha Usov – engineer
- Archie Carter – assistant engineer
- Robert Sellens – assistant engineer
- Anthony Evans – editor
- Stuart Hawkes – masterer
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixer
- Matt Wolach – mixer
- Michael Freeman – mixer
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