World Dance Medley - Happy New Year by Vishal And Shekhar, Neeti Mohan, Vishal Dadlani, Sukhwinder Singh, KK, Shankar Mahadevan, Shah Rukh Khan

World Dance Medley - Happy New Year works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. Vishal And Shekhar's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The voice of Vishal And Shekhar, Neeti Mohan, Vishal Dadlani, Sukhwinder Singh, KK, Shankar Mahadevan, Shah Rukh Khan carries World Dance Medley - Happy New Year effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. For fans of Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah, World Dance Medley - Happy New Year is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

2014 marked the release of Happy New Year, and World Dance Medley - Happy New Year was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

Running to 5:22, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The track stands as evidence that Vishal And Shekhar, Neeti Mohan, Vishal Dadlani, Sukhwinder Singh, KK, Shankar Mahadevan, Shah Rukh Khan and Vishal And Shekhar, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.