Sayonee
"Sayonee سیونی" | ||||
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Universal Music, Sadaf Stereo | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Sabir Zafar, Salman Ahmad | |||
Producer(s) | John Alec, Salman Ahmad | |||
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Sayonee (
The unexpected success of "Sayonee" in 1997 propelled Azadi at the local and international music charts, within three months of the release of Azadi, the album had sold over half a million copies and hit platinum sales status in a record of four weeks.
To this day, it is considered one of the best sufi rock songs ever recorded, and is often performed at concerts by Junoon. The song is one of the most well known and popular track by Junoon, also listeners and critics have continued to praise "Sayonee" as one of the greatest rock songs of all time in
In addition, the live version performed at Central Park, New York City, in 1998 of the song featured in the live album Daur-e-Junoon, released in 2002.[5] The song has also featured in several other albums by the band like Junoon for Peace (2001) and Dewaar: The Best of Junoon (2004).
A 2021 recreation of the song, featured in a film of the same name starring debutantes Tanmay Ssingh and Muskaan Sethi, featured vocals by
Music video
The music video of "Sayonee", literal English meaning "Soulmate", was directed by Asim Reza, and was shot entirely in the Pakistani city of Multan. The plot of the music video rotates around a boy who struggles to find his soul mate and goes through many troubles in life. Furthermore, as the music video proceeds the boy is shown all grown up but still struggling to find his soulmate and thus, is shown running in order to try to save himself from the troubles he has been into. The music video also showed the band performing the song wearing traditional sufi clothing and in between the music video short clips of traditional sufi dancers were seen performing sufi dance.
Track listing
Sayonee
All tracks are written by Junoon
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Sayonee" | 5:05 |
2. | "Sayonee" (Video) | 4:58 |
Personnel
- Junoon
- vocals, lead guitar
- vocals, backing vocals
- Brian O'Connell - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Nusrat Hussain - keyboard, backing vocals
- Additional musicians
- Ustad Aashiq Ali - Tambourin, Tabla
References
- ^ Azadi review, Retrieved on May 6, 2011.
- ^ Junoon's album Azadi hits platinum in record time Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on April 1, 1998.
- ^ Junoon to perform at MTV Awards Retrieved on April 19, 2011.
- ^ The Perfect Mix: The Top 10 Junoon Songs Retrieved on August 20, 2011.
- ^ Daur-e-Junoon review, May 6, 2011.