Sha La La (She Is A Bad Girl) - Sankat City by Ranjit Barot

Sha La La (She Is A Bad Girl) - Sankat City arrived from the Sankat City album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2009. Ranjit Barot's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

Every line Ranjit Barot sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. Hearing Sha La La (She Is A Bad Girl) - Sankat City without thinking of Rimi Sen, Kay Kay Menon, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey, R.D. Burman, Dilip Prabhavalkar is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Sankat City.

When it came out in 2009, Sha La La (She Is A Bad Girl) - Sankat City felt timely. Years later, it feels timeless. Listeners have described the experience of Sha La La (She Is A Bad Girl) - Sankat City differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The 4:15 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.