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| "Talaash" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Junoon | ||||
| from the album Talaash | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock Alternative rock Hard rock | |||
| Length | 5:12 (album version) 5:06 (music video) | |||
| Label | EMI Pakistan, Sadaf Stereo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Salman Ahmad | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian O'Connell, Salman Ahmad | |||
| Junoon singles chronology | ||||
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"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.