Kamlee - Happy New Year by Dr. Zeus, Kanika Kapoor, Ravindra Upadhyay, Fateh, Miraya Varma

Kamlee - Happy New Year is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Credit goes to Dr. Zeus for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Dr. Zeus, Kanika Kapoor, Ravindra Upadhyay, Fateh, Miraya Varma understood what this song required and delivered it without excess — the restraint itself becomes the emotion. The chemistry of Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah is embedded in every moment of Kamlee - Happy New Year, making it as much a performance as a song.

2014 marked the release of Happy New Year, and Kamlee - Happy New Year was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Kamlee - Happy New Year is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

Running to 3:43, 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.