The ‘Beyonce’ Album Credits: Justin Timberlake, Pharrell & The Mystery Known As Boots

Carl Williott | December 13, 2013 8:20 am

Beyonce assembled an army of R&B experts and pop luminaries on her self-titled fifth album. She reunited with producers who had a hand in some previous favorites (The-DreamFrank Ocean, Ryan Tedder), linked up with new blood (Hit-Boy, Chairlift‘s Caroline Polachek) and brought on producers whose names you may not know but whose work you definitely know (Key Wane, frequent Ke$ha collaborator Ammo). Oh, and there’s also some really new blood care of a Blue Ivy feature.

The primary players include Pharrell, the Midas touch trifecta of Justin Timberlake, J-Roc and Timbaland (as with 20/20 Part 2, they left no clunky sex metaphor unturned) and a pop mysterion known as Boots (#whoisboots). Sia, Drake, Noah “40” Shebib and Miguel also notched credits on the mega-release. As for the videos, everyone from Terry Richardson to frigging Lil Internet to Bey herself had directing duties.

That’s a whole lot of people, and we don’t know what kind of threats were hovering over them to prevent details from leaking out, but it worked and now we have Beyonce. So below, find the full credits broken down in an easier-to-read song-by-song list.

1. PRETTY HURTS WRITTEN BY JOSHUA COLEMAN . SIA FURLER . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . PRODUCED BY AMMO FOR PRESCRIPTION SONGS . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . DIRECTED BY MELINA MATSOUKAS . FEATURING HARVEY KEITEL .

2. GHOST/HAUNTED EXPLICIT . WRITTEN BY BOOTS . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . PRODUCED BY BOOTS . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . DIRECTED BY PIERRE DEBUSSCHERE (GHOST) . DIRECTED BY JONAS ÅKERLUND (HAUNTED) .

3. DRUNK IN LOVE (FEATURING JAY Z) EXPLICIT . WRITTEN BY BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . NOEL FISHER . SHAWN CARTER . ANDRE ERIC PROCTOR . RASOOL DIAZ . BRIAN SOKO . T.MOSLEY . J.HARMON . PRODUCED BY DETAIL . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . DIRECTED BY HYPE WILLIAMS .

4. BLOW . WRITTEN BY PHARRELL WILLIAMS . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . JAMES FAUNTLEROY . T.MOSLEY . J.HARMON . JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE . PRODUCED BY PHARRELL WILLIAMS . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . CO-PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND FOR TIMBALAND PRODUCTIONS, INC. JEROME HARMON FOR BRONZE AND BRAINZ/TIMBALAND PRODUCTIONS . DIRECTED BY HYPE WILLIAMS .

5. ANGEL . WRITTEN BY CAROLINE POLACHEK . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . JAMES FAUNTLEROY . PRODUCED BY CAROLINE POLACHEK . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . DIRECTED BY @LILINTERNET .

6. YONCÉ/PARTITION EXPLICIT . WRITTEN BY BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . TERIUS NASH . JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE . T.MOSLEY . J.HARMON . DWANE WEIR P/K/A KEY WANE . PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND FOR TIMBALAND PRODUCTIONS, INC. . JEROME HARMON FOR BRONZE AND BRAINZ/TIMBALAND PRODUCTIONS . JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . KEY WANE . DIRECTED BY RICKY SAIZ (YONCÉ) . DIRECTED BY JAKE NAVA (PARTITION) .

7. JEALOUS WRITTEN BY NOEL FISHER . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . ANDRE ERIC PROCTOR . RASOOL DIAZ . BRIAN SOKO . BOOTS . PRODUCED BY DETAIL . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . DIRECTED BY BEYONCÉ, FRANCESCO CARROZZINI . TODD TOURSO .

8. ROCKET EXPLICIT . WRITTEN BY MIGUEL JONTEL PIMENTO . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE . T.MOSLEY . J.HARMON . PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND FOR TIMBALAND PRODUCTIONS , INC. . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . CO-PRODUCED BY JEROME HARMON FOR BRONZE AND BRAINZ PRODUCTIONS/TIMBALAND PRODUCTIONS . DIRECTED BY BEYONCÉ, ED BURKE . BILL KIRSTEIN .

9. MINE (FEATURING DRAKE) EXPLICIT . WRITTEN BY NOAH SHEBIB . AUBREY DRAKE GRAHAM . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . JORDAN KENNETH COOKE ULLMAN . SIDNEY “OMEN” BROWN . PRODUCED BY NOAH “40” SHEBIB FOR EVDON MUSIC, INC. . DIRECTED BY PIERRE DEBUSSCHERE .

10. XO . WRITTEN BY RYAN TEDDER . TERIUS NASH . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . PRODUCED BY RYAN TEDDER . TERIUS NASH . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY HIT BOY FOR HIT-BOY MUSIC/VERY GOOD BEATS INC. . DIRECTED BY TERRY RICHARDSON .

11. ***FLAWLESS EXPLICIT . WRITTEN BY BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . TERIUS NASH . CHAUNCEY HOLLIS . REY REEL . PRODUCED BY HIT-BOY FOR HIT-BOY MUSIC/VERY GOOD BEATS INC. . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . CO-PRODUCED BY REY REEL . “WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS” COURTESY OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE . STAR SEARCH COURTESY OF CBS TELEVISION . THE ED MCMAHON ESTATE . DIRECTED BY JAKE NAVA .

12. SUPERPOWER . WRITTEN BY PHARRELL WILLIAMS . FRANK OCEAN . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . PRODUCED BY PHARRELL WILLIAMS . FEATURING FRANK OCEAN COURTESY OF ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP . DIRECTED BY JONAS ÅKERLUND .

13. HEAVEN . WRITTEN BY . BOOTS . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . PRODUCED BY BOOTS . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . DIRECTED BY BEYONCÉ . TODD TOURSO .

14. BLUE . WRITTEN BY BOOTS BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . PRODUCED BY BOOTS . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . DIRECTED BY BEYONCÉ . ED BURKE . BILL KIRSTEIN .

15. GROWN WOMAN . WRITTEN BY T.MOSLEY . KELLY SHEEHAN . BEYONCÉ KNOWLES . TERIUS NASH . C. GODBEY . J.HARMON . D.PEARSON . GARLAND MOSLEY . PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND FOR TIMBALAND PRODUCTIONS . CO-PRODUCED BY JEROME HARMON FOR BRONZE AND BRAINZ/TIMBALAND PRODUCTIONS . DP FOR ELECTRIQCITY MUSIC . DIRECTED BY JAKE NAVA