Raat Gayi Baat Gayi - Raat Gayi Baat Gayi by Ankur Tewari, Anushka Manchanda

Raat Gayi Baat Gayi - Raat Gayi Baat Gayi works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. Behind the melody is the work of Ankur Tewari, whose composition choices give Raat Gayi Baat Gayi - Raat Gayi Baat Gayi its distinctive texture.

The performance by Ankur Tewari, Anushka Manchanda is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. The chemistry of a talented ensemble cast is embedded in every moment of Raat Gayi Baat Gayi - Raat Gayi Baat Gayi, making it as much a performance as a song.

Released in 2009, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. There is no right time to listen to Raat Gayi Baat Gayi - Raat Gayi Baat Gayi. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

The concision of Raat Gayi Baat Gayi - Raat Gayi Baat Gayi — just 2:27 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.