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| Released | 23 December 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Venue | Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios, Chennai | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 33:26 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Sony Music India | |||
| Producer | Anirudh Ravichander | |||
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| Singles from 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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3 is the debut soundtrack album composed by Anirudh Ravichander, which features lyrics by Vijay, for the 2012 Indian Tamil film of the same name, starring Dhanush and Shruti Hassan, and was directed by Dhanush's wife Aishwaryaa R. Dhanush. The film features seven songs, with three instrumental compositions.
The single track, "Why This Kolaveri Di" was released on 16 November 2011, prior to the soundtrack release, and became one of the most streamed songs of all-time.[1][2] It was officially released, after a leaked version, becoming popular on the internet.[3] All the songs have lyrics written by Dhanush, except "Idhazhin Oram" was written by Aishwarya Dhanush.
The entire soundtrack album was released on 23 December 2011, and gained positive reviews.[4] Behindwoods.com, listed the soundtrack album of 3, as one of the composer's best works till date.[5] It also fetched the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Anirudh Ravichander, and Best Male Playback Singer for Dhanush.[6]
Following the success of the original version, the dubbed versions of the soundtrack was released in Telugu and Hindi, with the lyrics for the Hindi version was written by Kumaar and Telugu version was written by Bhuvanachandra.
- ^ "Danush's '3 - Why this kolaveri di' a smashing hit [Video]". 19 November 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Here's how the Kolaveri Di song happened!". Rediff. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "'3' songs leaked!". The Times of India. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ ""Kolaveri 2011s top song" says CNN (US) !". IndiaGlitz. 28 December 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Anirudh Ravichander's best album". www.behindwoods.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "gulftoday.ae | South Indian movie stars honoured in run-up to awards ceremony". 10 November 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2020.