Har Kisi Ko - 1 - Boss by Chirantan Bhatt, Arijit Singh, Neeti Mohan

Not every song from Boss lingers, but Har Kisi Ko - 1 - Boss is the one that stays. The music, composed by Chirantan Bhatt, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

The performance by Chirantan Bhatt, Arijit Singh, Neeti Mohan is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. The chemistry of Akshay Kumar, Aditi Rao Hydari, Mithun Chakraborty, Ronit Roy, Sonakshi Sinha is embedded in every moment of Har Kisi Ko - 1 - Boss, making it as much a performance as a song.

When it came out in 2013, Har Kisi Ko - 1 - Boss felt timely. Years later, it feels timeless. Listeners have described the experience of Har Kisi Ko - 1 - Boss differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The 5:37 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. Years from now, Har Kisi Ko - 1 - Boss will still be the track that plays at the right moment and lands exactly as it did the first time.