Dost Hai (Girl I Loved You) - Ekk Deewana Tha by A.R. Rahman, Naresh Iyer, Jaspreet Singh, Arya

Some songs are made for a single moment. Dost Hai (Girl I Loved You) - Ekk Deewana Tha is made for all of them. A.R. Rahman has a history of strong work, and the music on Dost Hai (Girl I Loved You) - Ekk Deewana Tha is among the most memorable of it.

A.R. Rahman, Naresh Iyer, Jaspreet Singh, Arya brings a warmth to Dost Hai (Girl I Loved You) - Ekk Deewana Tha that no production choice could manufacture — it has to be felt, and here it is. The song is tied to Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson, whose presence gives Dost Hai (Girl I Loved You) - Ekk Deewana Tha a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

Released in 2012, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Listeners have described the experience of Dost Hai (Girl I Loved You) - Ekk Deewana Tha differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

Running to 4:08, 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.