Prem Leela - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo by Aaman Trikha, Vineet Singh, Himesh Reshammiya

Few songs from 2015 have held their ground as well as Prem Leela - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Himesh Reshammiya sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Prem Leela - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Aaman Trikha, Vineet Singh, Himesh Reshammiya clearly belongs in the second group. The chemistry of Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Armaan Kohli is embedded in every moment of Prem Leela - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, making it as much a performance as a song.

The song dates from 2015, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. Prem Leela - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

The 3:41 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. The track stands as evidence that Aaman Trikha, Vineet Singh, Himesh Reshammiya and Himesh Reshammiya, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.