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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", as the fourth and fifth singles respectively from his compilation album No.6 Collaborations Project (2019).

"Best Part of Me"

5 July 2019 (2019-07-05)

4:03

Background and composition[edit]

About working with YEBBA, Ed Sheeran stated "I loved making [the] record. YEBBA is phenomenal, she's onto massive things".[2][3] "Best Part of Me" was announced as part of the tracklist for No.6 Collaborations Project (2019). Sheeran revealed the song's release date on 4 July 2019.[4] It was released alongside "BLOW" the next day.[5]


"Best Part of Me" is a romantic pop ballad.[6] According to Idolator's Mike Nied, the song is a romantic ballad which "builds up to a very loved-up chorus".[7] 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" (2019).[8]

 â€“ vocals, songwriter, producer, bass, guitar

Ed Sheeran

 â€“ featured vocals, songwriter

YEBBA

 â€“ songwriter, producer, keyboards

Benny Blanco

Joe Rubel â€“ producer, engineer, keyboards

Thomas Bartlett â€“ keyboards

Pino Palladino â€“ bass

Chris Sclafani â€“ engineer

Gosha Usov â€“ engineer

Archie Carter â€“ assistant engineer

Robert Sellens â€“ assistant engineer

Anthony Evans â€“ editor

Stuart Hawkes â€“ masterer

Mark "Spike" Stent â€“ mixer

Matt Wolach â€“ mixer

Michael Freeman â€“ mixer

Credits adapted from Tidal.[9]

on YouTube

"Best Part of Me" (Live at Abbey Road)

on YouTube

Lyric video