Raave by Yakzan Gary Pereira, Neha S. Nair, Anil Ram

Raave arrived from the Raave album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2014. The music, composed by Yakzan Gary Pereira, Neha S. Nair, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

Yakzan Gary Pereira, Neha S. Nair, Anil Ram's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The song is tied to Fahadh Faasil, Jayasurya, Lal, Isha Shervani, Padma Priya, Reenu Mathews, whose presence gives Raave a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

By the end of 2014, Raave had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Raave is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

The concision of Raave — just 4:33 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. The track stands as evidence that Yakzan Gary Pereira, Neha S. Nair, Anil Ram and Yakzan Gary Pereira, Neha S. Nair, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.