Dance Like by Harrdy Sandhu, Jaani

There is an honesty to Dance Like that separates it from most Punjabi songs released around the same time. Behind the melody is the work of B Praak, whose composition choices give Dance Like its distinctive texture.

Harrdy Sandhu, Jaani's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The chemistry of a talented ensemble cast is embedded in every moment of Dance Like, making it as much a performance as a song.

Released in 2019, it arrived at a time when Punjabi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. The mood of the track shifts subtly as it progresses, giving even a single listen a sense of journey.

Running to 2:51, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.