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Best Mistake
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Song by Ariana Grande (feat. Big Sean)
Album My Everything
Released August 22, 2014
Genre(s) Pop
R&B
Soul
Length 3:53
Label(s) Republic
My Everything chronology
Break Free
(5)
Best Mistake
(6)
Be My Baby
(7)

Best Mistake is a song recorded by American singer Ariana Grande, featuring American rapper Big Sean, for her second studio album My Everything.

It was released on August 22, 2014.

Background[]

"Best Mistake" was written by Denisia "Blu June" Andrews, Brittany Coney, Ariana Grande, Big Sean, Corey Jackson Carter, and with production, programming and instruments done by Key Wane. The vocals were produced by Curtis "Sauce" Wilson, with Gregg Rominiecki engineering Big Sean's vocals. Serban Ghenea handled the mixing of the track, which was engineered by John Hanes, and finally the mix was mastered by Aya Merrill and Tom Coyne. It is a minimal hip-hop piano ballad lament that utilizes instrumentation from strings and a drum machine. It is about a couple trying to "make up their minds about the future of their relationship, with deep affection buried underneath their problems." Grande revealed that "Best Mistake" was her favorite track on My Everything: "I just think the world of [Big Sean] and I'm obsessed with his writing on this song in particular. I'm a huge fan of his in general but I feel like his writing on this song is so, so fantastic, it like strikes a chord in my heart. I love it so much."

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