Mind Blastic - Mr. Joe B. Carvalho by Amartya Rahut, Neeraj Shridhar

Mind Blastic - Mr. Joe B. Carvalho is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Amartya Rahut's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The performance by Amartya Rahut, Neeraj Shridhar is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Arshad Warsi, Soha Ali Khan, Jaaved Jaffrey, Geeta Basra, Shakti Kapoor gave the film its soul, and Mind Blastic - Mr. Joe B. Carvalho is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

By the end of 2014, Mind Blastic - Mr. Joe B. Carvalho had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. There is a quality to Mind Blastic - Mr. Joe B. Carvalho that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

Running to 2:42, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The song continues to find new listeners, which is the surest sign that it was made with something genuine at its core.