Tippa - Rangoon by Sukhwinder Singh, Rekha Bhardwaj, Sunidhi Chauhan, O.S. Arun

Tippa - Rangoon arrived from the Rangoon album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2017. Credit goes to Vishal Bhardwaj for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Sukhwinder Singh, Rekha Bhardwaj, Sunidhi Chauhan, O.S. Arun brings a warmth to Tippa - Rangoon that no production choice could manufacture — it has to be felt, and here it is. Saif Ali Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Satish Shah are at the heart of Rangoon, and Tippa - Rangoon captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

When it came out in 2017, Tippa - Rangoon felt timely. Years later, it feels timeless. Listeners have described the experience of Tippa - Rangoon differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The 5:44 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.