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"Repetition is a smart psychological operation—a way to make you focus on all that is in fact nonrepetitive. The music seems to stay put, while you (or your perceptions) change. Then you stay put while it changes. It suggests infinity or eternity, basically. But only by distant representation. We couldn’t have actual infinity or eternity in art. We would hate it."
(Ratliff 14)

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As usual, the meaning of the word takes a completely different meaning when put into an artistic or musical perspective then the literal definition of the word. Why can't we just invent new words for these things? Anyway, I digress, that Ratliff's definition is basically "Something repeats so much that you pay more attention to the variations between listens." Which I can agree with not only because it makes sense , but Ted-talks says it's true. I love watching these things, they're the best:

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Why we love repetition in music - Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis

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Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty by: Ben Ratliff

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Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty by: Ben Ratliff

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Ratliff, Ben. Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty. New York: Picador, 2017. EPUB. 1 Aug. 2017. Web. 4 Oct. 2017.

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While I do understand what Ratliff is going for now, I've always thought of repetition in its pure definition of repeating something again and again as a bad thing in almost all circumstances as that's what my teachers would tell me. In art class they didn't want me drawing the same thing, no repetition in my English paper, and only a limited amount of repeating your points in debate. In music I thought it was a cheap and easy gimmick for climbing the charts with a simple beat and chorus with little to no change.

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In typical Disney fashion, this song is simple and sunny. Unlike the others in Ratliff's playlist, this song is smooth and quiet. The repetition is clear in the unchanging lyrics and steady beat that follows along with them. The bee buzzing scene gives a short break between the first section where Baskett introduces us to the song and the second half where the other characters take over and add their own variations.

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Taking another look at this song while focusing more on the beat than the lyrics I've noticed that there exists slight variation in the backtrack of what others deem her most repetitive song. And when I say repetitive I mean the literal definition not Ratliff's viewpoint. To many fans and haters (duh) this was her worse song due to the lack of effort in the actual composition compared to the totally extra music video. Sorry, I was ranting. But, the use of repetition lends the ear to three notable shifts in the backtrack. The beginning is fairly silent relying mostly on the lyrics, evolves with a sharp snappy beat, and finally the addition of extra vocals.