Sawan Ka Tha Mahina - Bin Bulaye Baraati by Anand Raaj Anand, Shaan, Gorisha

Released as part of Bin Bulaye Baraati, Sawan Ka Tha Mahina - Bin Bulaye Baraati announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. Anand Raaj Anand's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Sawan Ka Tha Mahina - Bin Bulaye Baraati, Anand Raaj Anand, Shaan, Gorisha clearly belongs in the second group. The song is tied to Rajpal Yadav, Aftab Shivdasani, Om Puri, Mallika Sherawat, Shweta Tiwari, Nisha Kothari, whose presence gives Sawan Ka Tha Mahina - Bin Bulaye Baraati a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

By the end of 2011, Sawan Ka Tha Mahina - Bin Bulaye Baraati had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. It fits the playlist for almost any occasion, which is rare — most songs have a narrow emotional window. This one does not.

In 3:42 minutes, Sawan Ka Tha Mahina - Bin Bulaye Baraati builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. The staying power of Sawan Ka Tha Mahina - Bin Bulaye Baraati is not a mystery. It is just what happens when every element of a song is exactly right.