Bibby Song - Panga by Annu Kapoor, Sherry

Bibby Song - Panga arrived from the Panga album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2020. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Bibby Song - Panga, Annu Kapoor, Sherry clearly belongs in the second group. Kangana Ranaut, Jassi Gill, Richa Chadda, Neena Gupta gave the film its soul, and Bibby Song - Panga is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

Released in 2020, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. The emotional register of Bibby Song - Panga is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

Running to 2:50, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The song continues to find new listeners, which is the surest sign that it was made with something genuine at its core.