Pehli Baar - Dil Dhadakne Do by Sukriti Kakkar, Siddharth Mahadevan, Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy

Few songs from 2015 have held their ground as well as Pehli Baar - Dil Dhadakne Do, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

The voice of Sukriti Kakkar, Siddharth Mahadevan, Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy carries Pehli Baar - Dil Dhadakne Do effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. Anil Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh, Shefali Shah gave the film its soul, and Pehli Baar - Dil Dhadakne Do is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

Released in 2015, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Some music is background. Pehli Baar - Dil Dhadakne Do demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

At 4:23, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. Pehli Baar - Dil Dhadakne Do has earned its place in the catalogue of Hindi music that genuinely matters. The listeners who found it early already knew.