Haadsa - Dhol by Pritam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Akriti Kakkar

Haadsa - Dhol arrived from the Dhol album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2007. Pritam built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

The voice of Pritam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Akriti Kakkar carries Haadsa - Dhol effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. The song is tied to Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Kemmu, Sharman Joshi, Tanushree Dutta, Rajpal Yadav, Om Puri, Payal Rohatgi, Arbaaz Khan, whose presence gives Haadsa - Dhol a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

By the end of 2007, Haadsa - Dhol had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. It fits the playlist for almost any occasion, which is rare — most songs have a narrow emotional window. This one does not.

Running to 5:11, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.