International Villager

International Villager
Studio album by Yo Yo Honey Singh
Released	11 November 2011
Length	55:34
Language	Punjabi, Hindi
Label	Speed Records
Producer	Yo Yo Honey Singh
Yo Yo Honey Singh chronology
International Villager (2011) Desi Kalakaar (2014)

International Villager is the debut studio album by Indian hip hop artist Yo Yo Honey Singh. The album containing was officially released on 11 November 2011. It was one of the first Indian hip-hop albums to reach commercial and mainstream success.

Reception

The album's famous track "Gabru", featuring rapper J-Star, quickly climbed to the top of the Asian music charts, including the official BBC Asian charts. It was also remixed for the 2020 Bollywood movie Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan.[1]

The music video for the track "Brown Rang" was released on 28 February 2012 and became YouTube's most trending video of 2012. It won the top spot in the list of YouTube's most watched videos of 2012 in India with over 10 million views. The video has received over 343 million views on YouTube.[2][3] The song's songwriting credits have always been a subject of dispute between the artists who were involved in the making of the song, mainly Honey Singh and Badshah.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Aashke"	Money Aujla	3:35
2.	"Angreji Beat"	Yo Yo Honey Singh, Gippy Grewal	3:48
3.	"Beautiful"	Malkit Singh	5:36
4.	"Brown Rang"	Yo Yo Honey Singh	3:31
5.	"Dope Shope"	Yo Yo Honey Singh, Deep Money	3:13
6.	"Gabhru"	J-Star	3:38
7.	"Garaari"	Meet Malkit	3:54
8.	"Getup Jawani"	Badshah (rapper), Yo Yo Honey Singh	3:48
9.	"Goliya"	Diljit Dosanjh, Yo Yo Honey Singh	3:37
10.	"Head Banger"	Yo Yo Honey Singh, Escape	4:52
11.	"Mujh Ko Jane Do"	Raj Brar	3:12
12.	"Sambhley"	Manak Ali	3:40
13.	"Yaad"	Romey Gill	4:46
14.	"Yaadan"	Sardool Sikander, Yo Yo Honey Singh	3:59
Total length:			55:43

References

1. "'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' song 'Gabru': Ayushmann Khurrana and Jitendra Kumar seal the wedding song with a lip-lock". Times of India. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
2. "Brown Rang on YouTube". YouTube. 27 February 2012.
3. "PUNJABI RAPPER HONEY SINGH'S BROWN RANG IS THIS YEAR'S YOUTUBE STAR".
4. Pranav, Abhilash (16 September 2024). "Debate started on the song 'Brown Rang', what trend started on the claims of Honey Singh and Badshah?". The Lallantop. Retrieved 12 January 2025.