Love on Top

~ Recording by Beyoncé

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4BeyoncéAlbum
  • XE2011-06-24
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697908242
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (deluxe edition)BeyoncéAlbum
  • AU2011-06-24
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697933582
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (deluxe edition)BeyoncéAlbum
  • GB2011-06-27
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697933582
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4BeyoncéAlbum
  • -2011-06-27
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (Target exclusive, deluxe edition)BeyoncéAlbum
  • US2011-06-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment88697922992, CK1-79299
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (deluxe edition)BeyoncéAlbum
  • KR2011-06-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697922992, S10843C
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4BeyoncéAlbum
  • US2011-06-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697908242
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4BeyoncéAlbum
  • KR2011-06-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)S10842
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (deluxe edition)BeyoncéAlbum
  • -2011-06-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (deluxe edition)BeyoncéAlbum
  • -2011-06-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (deluxe edition)BeyoncéAlbum
  • US2011-06-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment88697933582
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (通常盤)BeyoncéAlbum
  • JP2011-06-29
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP-3187
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (初回限定盤)BeyoncéAlbum
  • JP2011-06-29
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP-3185, SICP-3186
1.8Love on Top(放在第一位的爱)?:??Beyoncé4BeyoncéAlbum
  • CN2011-10-20
上海声像9787799436623
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4BeyoncéAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697933532
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4BeyoncéAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697933552
1.8Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4BeyoncéAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood EntertainmentCDCOL7406
1.1Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4 (re‐issue)BeyoncéAlbum
  • AU2012-12-14
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88725423662
1.1Love on Top4:28Beyoncé4 (expanded edition)BeyoncéAlbum
  • XW2013-03-29
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment
1.1Love on Top4:26Beyoncé4 (expanded edition)BeyoncéAlbum
  • XW2013-03-29
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood EntertainmentG010002953658J
1.1Love on Top4:27Beyoncé4BeyoncéAlbum
  • TH2013-04-18
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Parkwood Entertainment88725423662
1.13Love on Top4:27BeyoncéCoffeehouse Classics, Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-09-04
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.3Love on Top4:27BeyoncéHappiness ForeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-04-10
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
Promotion
1.11Love on Top (album version)4:25BeyoncéPromo Only: Mainstream Radio, October 2011Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promo Only
1.2Love on Top (album version)4:25BeyoncéPromo Only: Rhythm Radio, December 2011Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promo Only
1.1Love on Top4:28BeyoncéLove on TopBeyoncéSingle
  • -2011

Relationships

recording engineer:Jordan “DJ Swivel” Young (Canadian producer Jordan Young)
assistant engineer:Scott Barnett (engineer)
Pete Wolford
executive producer:Beyoncé Knowles
producer:Beyoncé Knowles
Shea Taylor
assistant mixer:Phil Seaford
mixer:Serban Ghenea
John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer)
alto saxophone:Shea Taylor
Nick Videen
baritone saxophone:Drew Sayers
drums (drum set) [drums]:Nikki Gallespi
guitar:Robert “R.T.” Taylor
Pat Thrall (guitarist, producer & engineer)
horn [horns]:The Superpower Horns
tenor saxophone:Drew Sayers
Nick Videen
trombone:Alex Asher
trumpet:Cole Kamen‐Green
Josiah Woodson
lead vocals:Beyoncé
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2011)
recorded at:MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
part of:Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 167) (order: 167)
recording of:Love on Top

Love on Top

writer:Beyoncé Knowles
Shea Taylor
Terius Nash (US singer, songwriter & RnB producer Terius Youngdell Nash)
publisher:2082 Music Publishing
B‐Day Publishing
DLJ Songs
Downtown Music Publishing
EMI April Music Inc.