Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - My Name Is Khan by Jatin, Lalit, Udit Narayan

Not every song from My Name Is Khan lingers, but Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - My Name Is Khan is the one that stays. Credit goes to Jatin Pandit, Lalit Pandit for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

The performance by Jatin, Lalit, Udit Narayan is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan are at the heart of My Name Is Khan, and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - My Name Is Khan captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

2010 marked the release of My Name Is Khan, and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - My Name Is Khan was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. It fits the playlist for almost any occasion, which is rare — most songs have a narrow emotional window. This one does not.

The 4:57 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.