"Best Thing I Never Had": Official version released
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Songwriter Patrick "j.Que" Smith, co-writer of Beyoncé's second single, "Best Thing I Never Had," released the original version of the song today (July 28), which differs in production.
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"I'm both thrilled & grateful that #TeamBey decided to make our song the single and it sounds awesome... But, this is what the song sounded like when we wrote it," Smith says on his site, The Super Random. "I like this version... Mostly because it's not a ballad."
Smith, who's written for Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Usher and more, shares that he was inspired by the drums from Lenka's "The Show." "The drums from "The Show" are what made me write to this song in the first place!"
Sounds like something a fan that just downloaded a free version of a beat producing program and decided to try it out for the first time on Best Thing I Never Had