Jaise Bhi Tu Manega - Nache Nagin Gali Gali by Alka Yagnik

Alka Yagnik has delivered memorable performances before, but Jaise Bhi Tu Manega - Nache Nagin Gali Gali sits comfortably among the very best. Credit goes to Kalyanji, Anandji for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Jaise Bhi Tu Manega - Nache Nagin Gali Gali, Alka Yagnik clearly belongs in the second group. The song is tied to a talented ensemble cast, whose presence gives Jaise Bhi Tu Manega - Nache Nagin Gali Gali a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

Released in 1989, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. 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.

Running to 5:36, 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.