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Talaash (song)
"Talaash" (Urdu: تلاش, literal English translation: "search") is a song by the Pakistani sufi rock band Junoon. It is the seventh track and the only single released from the band's second album, Talaash (1993), released on EMI Records. Written by guitarist Salman Ahmad, it is the lead single on the album. The song uses blending of rock guitars and bluesy vocals with eastern elements like the use of tablas. It remains one of the band's most popular songs. In addition, the album version of the song featured in the compilation album, Kashmakash, released in 1995. The song is politically-influenced and became subject to censorship, which led to the eventual ban from all state-run television and radio during the rule of the then Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. Music videoThe music video is about 5 minutes and 06 seconds long. The video featured all three members, Ali Azmat, Salman Ahmad, and Brian O'Connell. The music video starts off with the band performing the song and focuses on each member of the band at different intervals of time. Coming to the end, the video shows clips of different corrupt things going on in the world and then the video shifts back to the band until the end.[1] Track listingTalaash All tracks are written by Junoon
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