Ajnabi Shehar - Jaan-E-Mann by Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam

Not every song from Jaan-E-Mann lingers, but Ajnabi Shehar - Jaan-E-Mann is the one that stays. Anu Malik has a history of strong work, and the music on Ajnabi Shehar - Jaan-E-Mann is among the most memorable of it.

Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. For fans of Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Anupam Kher, Ajnabi Shehar - Jaan-E-Mann is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

2006 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Ajnabi Shehar - Jaan-E-Mann was among the reasons why. Ajnabi Shehar - Jaan-E-Mann is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

Running to 7:01, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. Songs like Ajnabi Shehar - Jaan-E-Mann are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.