Control - Chhichhore by Pritam, Nakash Aziz, Manish J. Tipu, Geet Sagar, Sreerama Chandra, Amitabh Bhattacharya

There is an honesty to Control - Chhichhore that separates it from most Hindi songs released around the same time. Pritam built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

The vocal on Control - Chhichhore is among the better performances Pritam, Nakash Aziz, Manish J. Tipu, Geet Sagar, Sreerama Chandra, Amitabh Bhattacharya has committed to record. Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Prateik Babbar, Varun Sharma, Tushar Pandey, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Naveen Polishetty gave the film its soul, and Control - Chhichhore is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

When it came out in 2019, Control - Chhichhore felt timely. Years later, it feels timeless. Whether it plays on a long drive, during a quiet evening at home, or through earphones on a crowded commute, the song meets the listener where they are.

Running to 3:36, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. Control - Chhichhore endures because it was built on feeling rather than formula — and that is the one thing streaming numbers cannot manufacture.