"Best Part of Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter

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featuring American singer

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. It was released on 5 July 2019 through

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and

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, along with "

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", as the fourth and fifth singles respectively from his compilation album ''

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'' (2019).

Background and composition

About working with

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stated "I loved making herecord. YEBBA is phenomenal, she's onto massive things". "Best Part of Me" was announced as part of the tracklist for ''

'' (2019). Sheeran revealed the song's release date on 4 July 2019. It was released alongside "

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" the next day. "Best Part of Me" is a romantic pop

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. According to ''

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''s Mike Nied, the song is a romantic ballad which "builds up to a very loved-up chorus". ''

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s Rob Arcand wrote that it "slows things down", comparing it to Sheeran's solo acoustic rendition of the

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collaboration " I Don't Care" (2019).

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. *

– vocals, songwriter, producer, bass, guitar *

– featured vocals, songwriter *

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– 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

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* * 2010s ballads 2019 singles 2019 songs Asylum Records singles Atlantic Records singles Ed Sheeran songs Pop ballads Songs written by Ed Sheeran Songs written by Benny Blanco Songs written by Yebba Song recordings produced by Benny Blanco Yebba songs {{2019-single-stub