Aap Jaisa Koi

"Aap Jaisa Koi"
Song by Nazia Hassan
from the album Qurbani
LanguageHindi-Urdu
Released1980 (1980)
Recorded1980
GenreDisco
Length3:45
Composer(s)Biddu
Lyricist(s)Indeevar
Audio sample
Music video
"Aap Jaisa Koi" on YouTube

"Aap Jaisa Koi" (transl. Someone like you) is a song from the soundtrack of the 1980 Indian film Qurbani.[1] It was the debut song of Pakistani singer Nazia Hassan, and was composed by British Indian producer Biddu. The song was featured in the film as an item number, picturised on Zeenat Aman. It has been remixed and sampled by many other artists.

The song was a big hit, and gained cult status in India and Pakistan. It was a filmi disco song that revolutionized Pakistani pop, Indi-pop, and Bollywood music.[2]

  1. ^ "12 x 12: The 12 best Bollywood disco records". The Vinyl Factory. 28 February 2014.
  2. ^ The Herald, Volume 38, Issues 7–9, 2007: "It would not be amiss to say that music was never the same again after "Aap Jaisa Koi..." Over the next several years Nazia and Zoheb continued to rock not just the Pakistani but also the Indian disco scene; Disco Deewane that broke sales records across the subcontinent was followed by four more albums – Boom Boom, Young Tarang, Hotline and Camera Camera – released between 1982 and 1992. They were also pioneering enough to release videos of their tracks – another first."