To me, if there was a relative weakness in ARR's compositions of late, it would be some of his dance oriented tracks.....Papu, Latoo, Shano, etc. etc. Notice the word "relative". Some of these songs did become quite popular and they are catchy, but for me, they represented a "skippable" track in the soundtrack.
With Blue, I was quite afraid prior that there would be another Papu or Shano in the mix, a track that I would tap my foot to, but not really find much else to latch onto, hence another skipper. However, when I heard tracks like Chiggy, Aaj Dil, and especially Fiqrana, I was pleasantly surprised that ARR hit the right combo for me this time. About Fiqrana, for me, it's one of ARR's strongest dance/groove oriented tracks ever. It's got everything that I enjoy about tracks like these.....incredible groove rhythm, sweet sound effects, seamless transitions, and to me most importantly, good melody and good chords. The chords and melody in this song really take it to another level IMO. When I hear this song, I get the same good feeling that I get when I hear "Chaiya Chaiya". I'm not saying it's as good of a song as Chaiya, but the same elements are there to make for an incredibly enjoyable listening experience. Fiqrana totally energizes me, gets me motivated, pumps me up, but also has endearing melodic hooks which linger on much after in my mind. To me, that's key....it's not just another ordinary dance track....the song has got some soul and depth too. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy...Fiqrana! TOTALLY ROCKS!!!!!
