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Single: Beyoncé - "Best Thing I Never Had"
Member Since: 2/15/2010
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Originally posted by satellites™
Reported to the RIAA.
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+ Reported to the mods.
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Member Since: 2/18/2010
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Originally posted by blewis1103
When is it out on iTunes 
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later today.
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Member Since: 8/22/2009
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Originally posted by Yahhh!
Her voice sounds good, but this is boring. I feel like I've heard this before.
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I think this would be what we call 'a seat belt' song. It really sucks that this will be the hit when RTW deserves all of the success it will get. 
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Member Since: 8/22/2009
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Originally posted by Luke
End Of Time >
This just feels like she's thrown out another Irreplaceable (Theme wise, the song is hardly as good) in hope that it saves the era like what happened with B'Day.
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How the **** do you save something, when there is nothing to save? Sit down.
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Member Since: 2/15/2010
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Originally posted by satellites™
I think this would be what we call 'a seat belt' song. It really sucks that this will be the hit when RTW deserves all of the success it will get. 
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RTW is still doing well worldwide though. 
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Member Since: 8/22/2009
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Originally posted by Barbarella
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Ive been waiting for this moment all my life. 
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
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I wanted you bad
So through with that
Cause honestly you turn out to be
The Best Thing I never Had

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Member Since: 2/18/2010
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Originally posted by Golden
RTW is still doing well worldwide though. 
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I love that song one of the best songs release this year.
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Member Since: 6/25/2008
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Finally she got me this era!
Love this!
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Member Since: 6/30/2009
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The 2:50 mark is everything. It is one of the best vocal moments of her career.
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Member Since: 4/17/2011
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Dianne Warren? The Queen of CHEESE? I love Beyonce, but why is she working with these songwriters who were hits in the '90s? 
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Well, what do you think of the song? 
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Member Since: 2/18/2010
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Originally posted by iBeyoncé.
I wanted you bad
So through with that
Cause honestly you turn out to be
The Best Thing I never Had

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Oh you turned out to be the best thing I never had
Oh I will never be the best thing you never had
Oh baby, I bet it sucks to be you right now

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Member Since: 8/23/2010
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Originally posted by Grim
It's okay. It's better than RTW & 1+1, but it still isn't amazing.
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Hmmm of course.
Considering what you consider amazing. It's okay for me if you don't like it.
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Member Since: 1/22/2010
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Originally posted by BnPac
Hmmm of course.
Considering what you consider amazing. It's okay for me if you don't like it.
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Owned

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Member Since: 9/7/2010
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Originally posted by BnPac
Hmmm of course.
Considering what you consider amazing. It's okay for me if you don't like it.
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Effortlessly 
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Member Since: 6/1/2010
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Originally posted by Shame♥
Well, what do you think of the song? 
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I kinda like it. Maybe it's just me, but it's giving me "A Thousand Miles" teas on the piano. 
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Member Since: 12/16/2010
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hum I don't know...
i'm not feeling it
1+1>>This song
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Member Since: 9/7/2010
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Beyonce, ‘Best Thing I Never Had’ – Song Review
by: Amy Sciarretto 23 minutes ago
ColumbiaBeyonce is showing off her girl-done-wrong side again on ‘Best Thing I Never Had,’ which appears on her fourth solo platter, ’4.’
While the first two tastes of the album, ‘Run the World (Girls)‘ and ‘End of Time,’ were raw and seemed to abandon B’s normally slick, polished production, she dips her toes back into the larger-than-life, cleanly produced pop song pool with ‘Best Thing I Never Had’ as well as ‘1+1,’ which she debuted last week. But despite the sheen and high production values, Beyonce’s attitude asserts itself in this kiss off to a piss-poor ex-lover.
‘Best Thing I Never Had’ is an epic, bold, love-gone-wrong song that will certainly bellow from the speakers of the scores of strong women wronged by their men! Beyonce throws of verbal jabs:
“To think there was a time I almost loved you / You showed your a— / And yes baby, I saw the real you / Thank God that you blew it / Thank God that I dodged a bullet / I am so over you / Baby good looking out / I wanted you bad / I’m so through with that / Because honestly / You turned out to be the best thing I never had / And will always be the best thing you never had.”
Damn. Tell us how you really feel, Beyonce!
‘The Best Thing I Never Had’ is this year’s most powerful, female empowered dismiss to a bad lover. It’s almost like this album’s version of ‘If I Was a Boy’ in the way it stands up against being dissed and brokenhearted by a man who doesn’t deserve you. The song’s instrumentation consists mostly of a piano melody intro and outro, with some layered backing female vocals providing some support to Beyonce’s ball-busting send off.
Sayonara. Hasta la Vista. Ciao. Peace out, ex-lovers. Beyonce and her girls are done with you. The Queen B reigns supreme yet again with another excellent pop song from ’4.’
Listen to Beyonce, ‘Best Thing I Never Had’

http://popcrush.com/beyonce-best-thing-i-never-had/
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Member Since: 9/7/2010
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“Best Thing I Never Had” feels like the kind of crossover hit that will help 4 join the rest of Beyoncé’s discography in multiplatinum land.
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buzzworthy.mtv.com
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Fresh off the fist-pumping reception of "Run the World (Girls)", Beyoncé just dropped the second single from her upcoming album 4, and this time, it's a ballad. But not just any ballad: a vengeful ballad.
Penned by master balladeer Babyface, "The Best Thing I Never Had" describes the karmic boomerang of an old relationship in which Queen B "dodged a bullet" by realizing the guy was a good-for-nothing albatross and getting out while she still could. "There was a time when I almost loved you/You showed your ass, and I saw the real you," she sings, leaving listeners to wonder what went down. Who would be ridiculous enough to disgrace Beyoncé? Or maybe he literally showed his ass, revealing himself to be an immature fool better suited to be on "Jackass" than to marry Beyoncé? Maybe it was just a really unappealing ass? But Beyonce doesn't seem that superficial. Sounds like he was probably just an ass****.
In any case, "The Best Thing I Never Had" is quite affecting, and Beyonce does an amazing job with the vocals, as always. 4 is shaping up to be quite a well-rounded collection of songs, so far.
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About.com
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Beyonce Pleases Her Fans and Returns To Classic Form On "Best Thing I Never Had"
By Bill Lamb, About.com Guide June 1, 2011
Many of Beyonce's legion of fans are breathing a big sigh of relief this morning. The more experimental side of her that brought us "Run the World (Girls)," as well as past singles like "Ring the Alarm" and "Diva," has now stepped out of the spotlight in favor of what sounds like a surefire major hit. On the new midtempo single "Best Thing I Never Had," Beyonce tells a would-be lover exactly how things stand even closing the song with, "I bet it sucks to be you right now." It is outstanding to hear Beyonce experiment and push her fans and critics in new directions, and then it is also always exhilarating to hear her return to a comfort zone. Look for "Best Thing I Never Had" to return Beyonce to the upper reaches of pop singles charts this summer. The album 4 hits stores in four weeks June 28, 2011.
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