Saqi Ki Zaroorat Hai Na Jaam Ki - Subah-O-Sham by Lata Mangeshkar

The Subah-O-Sham album has several strong tracks, but Saqi Ki Zaroorat Hai Na Jaam Ki - Subah-O-Sham is the one most listeners come back to first. The music, composed by Laxmikant, Pyarelal, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

Lata Mangeshkar delivers the lyrics with a nuance that turns an already strong song into something genuinely moving. For fans of Waheeda Rehman, Saqi Ki Zaroorat Hai Na Jaam Ki - Subah-O-Sham is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

By the end of 1972, Saqi Ki Zaroorat Hai Na Jaam Ki - Subah-O-Sham had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. There is no right time to listen to Saqi Ki Zaroorat Hai Na Jaam Ki - Subah-O-Sham. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 5:10, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.