Talk:Partition (song)

For expansion

 * Jivesh 1205 (Talk) 15:39, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Jivesh 1205 (Talk) 04:02, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

-- Another Believer ( Talk ) 14:34, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/bill-oreilly-beyonce-video_n_4940329.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Reverted edit by Jivesh boodhun – January 27, 2014
Hi Jivesh boodhun, just thought I'd explain the reasoning behind my edits. If you look at your recent revert hopefully you can see that I wasn't just "removing everything I think shouldn't be there", as you put it. (?) My edits were simple summarising edits- and, imo, the revert has just added 4k bytes to the page but no additional info that wasn't there before. The only things I actually removed (without rewriting) was parts of the introduction (which was overly-specific and already mentioned later in the article, ie. specific chart positions) and the lyrics of the complete first verse in the composition section as per WP:NOTLYRICS. The critical reception section was also over four paragraphs long with a lengthy quote in the middle– all of which was positive critique, so I summarised some of that as well in order to include more mixed reviews in the future (as the clips have had a mixed response), as per WP:NPOV.

Whilst I understand that the article is still under construction, and a copy-edit will follow, my (small) edits were supposed to aid the process, in order to make the article more succinct. Not meant to offend/annoy, so apologies if I did!

All the best, DavidMichaelScott– talk 20:16, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I will surely keep all those into consideration. But yes, the article is still under construction and with all the respect I owe to you, I wish to remind you that this is not the first article I am writing. Anyway, I genuinely appreciate your comments. Jivesh 1205  (Talk) 02:56, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi, just wanted to let you know Partiton digital sales are above 900,000 copies. The link saying it sold 750,000 was for 2014 starting January 1st. The song was released digitally December 2013 with the album.

UK Singles Chart
192 http://zobbel.de/cluk/140118cluk.txt —  ₳aron  17:07, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . prism   △  17:54, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Partition is new single
1) HDD, reliable music industry insider say firstly that it is being released on February 25, 2014: http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/radionews/radionews.cgi?xo

2) VEVO have just announced the video is being put onto her YouTube on the same day, confirming the February 25, 2014 release: https://twitter.com/VEVO/status/437669959930372096

Also, they tweeted it with the cover, and I believe all the album covers from the digital booklet are in fact single covers. I know this has been discussed heavily in the Drunk In Love/XO talk pages, but I think VEVO could be a pretty reliable source to confirm it is a single cover and be added to the main image of the page --Lolcakes25 (talk) 19:36, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The release of a video doesn't necessarily mean that the song will be released as a single (although in this case it might), so, as I already wrote at Talk:Beyoncé (album), I think we need a more reliable source. If this information is in fact true, I don't think we'll have to wait much longer until Billboard and other magazines/websites are all over this news. —  Ma y ast  ( talk ) 20:17, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Let's worry about the cover art if and when it is released as a single. VEVO hosting a video does not necessarily mean that "Partition" is the next single. If there is a radio impact date listed on All Access, R&R or FMQB OR a separate purchasable release OR confirmation by Sony or Beyonce.com, then we can write that it is a single. I don't think anything else is reliable. Adabow (talk) 20:21, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree with everything you both said and am not personally going to edit or change anything, but it's pretty likely it's a single since there is a video for every song on the album, the only purpose of uploading sole videos to VEVO would be to promote a single, such as XO and Drunk In Love has. But yeah, reliable sources needed of course like you said. --Lolcakes25 (talk) 21:04, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Let's just wait until the official announcement from Beyonce or the label &mdash; Simon (talk) 04:43, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I concur with Adabow: wait for radio impact. I don't think Beyoncé/Columbia/Parkwood will announce it as a single as she seems to be letting the album do much of its own promotion with few interviews, appearances, etc., but radio impact corroborated with the VEVO release should establish it as a single. —JennKR | ☎ 12:02, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Single cover
The only single release for "Partition" was the US urban radio release. These are not accompanied by single covers. "XO" and "Drunk in Love" are the same. That image is not a single cover. Adabow (talk) 04:23, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Dispite it not having a physical or digital release, the image was used officially by Beyonce to promote the song. It is being treated as the single cover. Ratizi  Angelou  contribs 17:13, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It was only included on Beyonce release, not an independent cover for the song. &mdash; Simon (talk) 09:03, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The cover in question was not taken from the album booklet. It was posted by Beyoncé on her official facebook to promote the song. Beyonce's official Facebook page image pageDirect image link Ratizi  Angelou  contribs 22:19, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * In fact, the booklet version of the image features a purple background and white lettering. This image was clearly altered for intention of it's single release to the black and white image with pink lettering. Ratizi  Angelou  contribs 22:27, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The cover only appears when "Partition" was made available for sales through retailers. However "Partition" was only a contemporary hit radio single. The image was only used for promotion not cover &mdash; Simon (talk) 13:23, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * How is that not the same thing? Some singles only get released digitally. Those images used are still considered the cover art. 204.57.81.11 (talk) 21:57, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It was just released under its own page on Spotify with that single cover, therefore it can be added (http://open.spotify.com/album/1hq4Vrcbua3DDBLhuWFEVQ?ref=wp). Prism   △  22:40, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
 * After the Spotify release, I agree that the cover may be added. Adabow (talk) 00:12, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Awesome possum. Ratizi  Angelou  contribs 16:02, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Song credits for Yonce
Anyone know where to find the song credits for yonce?.....the album only has the song production credits for partition but not yonce.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eternal baby (talk • contribs) 16:51, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The song credits for Yonce and Partition are combined in the booklet. Yonce only gets full credit information for it's video. The song is combined credit. Ratizi  Angelou  contribs 22:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * go to beyonce.com/music for the credits. Ratizi  Angelou  contribs 22:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Monica Lewinsky commentary

 * http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6077585/monica-lewinsky-beyonce-partition-lyric-bill-clinton
 * http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/monica-lewinsky-corrects-beyonce-on-partition-lyric-20140506
 * http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/05/monica-lewinsky-speaks

&mdash; Simon (talk) 05:50, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Genre
I've changed the genre to reflect more what the sources say and to make it easier for a user to understand the genre. No citation said electro flat out and referred to it as "electro-infused" or "electro-R&B". I'm not even sure where the "elements of trap" came from, as I couldn't find it in any of the citations outside a ", shifting Houston-trap-meets-Noah Shebib trunk rattler “Partition”" from Time. If there's any suggestions to improve the genre area better, let's discuss it here first. Andrzejbanas (talk) 12:32, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Dirty South hip-hop, Houston-trap, electro-R&B, Champagne-room dancehall with Moroccan exotica. I can see that everything was cited. However the mistake before was saying strictly that the song is hip hop, dancehall etc. It should have been noted that it explores elements of those genres. I Am...   ***D.D.  14:25, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh I know there are all cited, but what is "Champagne-room dancehall"? How does it differ from regular dancehall? What is the reviewer trying to say and how does it help a reader understand what kind of song this is? And what's the difference between champagne-room dancehall when it has Moroccan exotica, how does that differ from regular exotica? You see what I mean when that kind of prose doesn't really help? How do you interpret it? I would keep it to the most basic terms in this case since we are getting really colorful descriptions which we shouldn't be interpreting. Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:37, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

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