Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ma Ga Re Sa - Man Pasand by Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Rajesh Roshan

The Man Pasand album has several strong tracks, but Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ma Ga Re Sa - Man Pasand is the one most listeners come back to first. What makes Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ma Ga Re Sa - Man Pasand musically distinctive is the composition by Rajesh Roshan, which balances simplicity with depth.

Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Rajesh Roshan's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The story told by Tina Munim in Man Pasand finds its musical expression here — Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ma Ga Re Sa - Man Pasand is where the film's heart beats loudest.

The song dates from 1980, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. There is no right time to listen to Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ma Ga Re Sa - Man Pasand. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 5:15, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.