Jab Tum Chaho - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo by Mohammed Irfan, Darshan Raval, Palak Muchhal

The Prem Ratan Dhan Payo album has several strong tracks, but Jab Tum Chaho - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is the one most listeners come back to first. Himesh Reshammiya has a history of strong work, and the music on Jab Tum Chaho - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is among the most memorable of it.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Jab Tum Chaho - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Mohammed Irfan, Darshan Raval, Palak Muchhal clearly belongs in the second group. On screen, Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Armaan Kohli bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

2015 marked the release of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, and Jab Tum Chaho - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. It is the kind of track that works at full volume with friends and equally well in a quiet room alone — the mood adjusts without the song changing.

The concision of Jab Tum Chaho - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo — just 5:07 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.