Daiyya Maiyya - Kill Dil by Udit Narayan, Rasika Chandrashekhar, Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy, Gulzar

Released as part of Kill Dil, Daiyya Maiyya - Kill Dil announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. What makes Daiyya Maiyya - Kill Dil musically distinctive is the composition by Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy, which balances simplicity with depth.

Udit Narayan, Rasika Chandrashekhar, Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy, Gulzar understood what this song required and delivered it without excess — the restraint itself becomes the emotion. The story told by Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar, Govinda, Parineeti Chopra in Kill Dil finds its musical expression here — Daiyya Maiyya - Kill Dil is where the film's heart beats loudest.

2014 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Daiyya Maiyya - Kill Dil was among the reasons why. There is no right time to listen to Daiyya Maiyya - Kill Dil. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

In 3:22 minutes, Daiyya Maiyya - Kill Dil builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.