"Best Thing I Never Had" is a song recorded by the American singer Beyonc? for her fourth studio album, 4 . It was released by Columbia Records on June?1, 2011, as the second single from the album. "Best Thing I Never Had" was composed by Patrick "J. Que" Smith, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Symbolyc One, Caleb McCambpell, Antonio Dixon, Knowles, and Shea Taylor. Recorded and produced at MSR Studio and KMA Studio in New York City, the song was originally not written as a ballad, b.... {+}