Ab Mujhe Koi - Ishqiya by Rekha Bhardwaj

The Ishqiya album has several strong tracks, but Ab Mujhe Koi - Ishqiya is the one most listeners come back to first. Credit goes to Vishal Bhardwaj for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

The performance by Rekha Bhardwaj is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Hearing Ab Mujhe Koi - Ishqiya without thinking of a talented ensemble cast is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Ishqiya.

By the end of 2010, Ab Mujhe Koi - Ishqiya had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. The emotional register of Ab Mujhe Koi - Ishqiya is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

In 5:40 minutes, Ab Mujhe Koi - Ishqiya builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. Years from now, Ab Mujhe Koi - Ishqiya will still be the track that plays at the right moment and lands exactly as it did the first time.