Dil Dil Pakistan
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| “Dil Dil Pakistan” | |||||
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| Single by Vital Signs from the album Vital Signs 1 |
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| Released | August 14, 1987 | ||||
| Genre | Patriotic | ||||
| Length | 4:28 | ||||
| Producer | Shoaib Mansoor | ||||
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Dil Dil Pakistan (Urdu: دل دل پاکستان) is probably Pakistan's most famous patriotic song. It was released in 1987 by Pakistani pop band, Vital Signs. It was included in the band's debut album "Vital Signs 1" in 1989.
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[edit] Popularity
Dil Dil Pakistan became extremely popular right after its release practically giving it a status of Pop Anthem or Second National Anthem of Pakistan.
In 2003, BBC World Service conducted an international poll to choose ten most famous songs of all time. Around 7000 songs were selected from all over the world. According to BBC, people from 155 countries/island voted. Dil Dil Pakistan was third in top 10 songs.[1]
[edit] Music video
Its music video was filmed in Pakistani capital, Islamabad. This video is one of the very first pop videos of Pakistan. Compared to its contemporary videos, it is quite simple and less elaborate.
In most scenes of the video, the members of Vital Signs are riding bicycles or driving a jeep around the city. In one scene, the group is performing on the slope of a small hill. At the end, all of the band members appear in a rather simplistic studio and the video ends after a few seconds.
[edit] Lyrics
Lyrics of Dil Dil Pakistan are also very simple and do not contain the traditional exaggeration which has been a part of most of Pakistani patriotic songs.
The lyricist of the song is disputed as many poets have claimed to have written this song. However, the most important and undisputed person in the creation of this song is its producer Shoaib Mansoor who is given most of the credit for the production.
Lead singer of Vital Signs, Junaid Jamshed tells that the band and the producer were working on a love song but all efforts seemed to be unsuccessful. At last, Shoaib Mansoor abandoned the idea of love song and decided to work on a patriotic one, and as a result Dil Dil Pakistan was created.
Long after the break-up of Vital Signs, in most of public appearances, Junaid Jamshed is still requested to sing Dil Dil Pakistan. The most famous two lines of the song are "Dil Dil Pakistan, Jan Jan Pakistan" (Urdu: دل دل پاکستان، جاں جاں پاکستان). In the initial days of the release of the song, Junaid Jamshed met many children who called him as Dil Dil Pakistan instead of his real name.
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Worlds Top Ten — BBC World Service
