Songs of 2013

Here are the best Telugu, Tamil and Hindi songs I listened to in 2013, in no particular order. I listened to a lot of Telugu songs, some Tamil and Hindi ones. Compiling this list was easy - I looked at my top-rated songs of the year in iTunes, sorted them by play count and picked the best ones.

Telugu

Ee Kshanam, Enno Nava Ragaale, Pilla Bagundi - KISS - (Sricharan Pakala and Pete Wonder)

Trippy tunes from first-time composer Sricharan. Ee Kshanam reminded me of the Edward Maya hit 'Stereo Love' (our composers are just as good as European DJs!). Watch out for the singer Ravikanth Perepu. Top-notch stuff.

Maarinade, Konchem Konchem, Katuka Kannula, Kadhal Prema - Alias Janaki (Shravan)

Fell in love with the songs after a couple of listens. Very very addictive hooks and good singing. Super stuff from Shravan. Album of the year for me.

Sammathame, Gundu Soodi, Tulle Tulle - Prema Ishq Kaadhal (Shravan)

Just who is this Shravan? Have seen no interviews or videos of his.. Does a great job again. Very listenable Mickey-J-Meyer style melodies.

Speaking of Mickey..

Seetamma Vaakitlo, Inka Cheppale - Seetamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (Mickey J Meyer)

Why doesn't Mickey get more films? Even after an album like this?

Melam Moge, Come Na Come, Raa Balamani, Oopiri Jenda, Raja Ra - Billa Ranga (Santhosh Narayanan)

The very inventive Santhosh Narayanan comes to Telugu. And delivers. Listen to the dubstep laden Melam Moge or the import from Soodhu Kavvum 'Come Na Come'. Special mention to the funny lyrics. Find the playlist at this link.

Neelaa Evaru, Life Antene - Swamy Rara (Sunny MR)

Violin Song - Iddarammailatho, Idedo Baagunde - Mirchi, Deva Devam - Attarintiki Daaredi 

(Devi Sri Prasad)

Bharatam Pattina Natyam, O Neelaveni - MM Keeravani (Emo Gurram Egaravacchu)

Gammattuga Unnadi - Antaku Mundhu Aa Taruvata (Kalyani Koduri)

Yemo Nemo - Bangaru Kodi Petta (Mahesh Shankar)

Tholi Merupa, Nuvva Nuvva - Varna (Harris Jayaraj)

Thaman had a prolific year, with around 15 albums in Telugu and Tamil. Apart from my picks listed below, I liked his tribute to Rahman's Oorvasi (Pandaga Chesko - Ramayya Vastavayya) and Ilayaraja's Jagada Jagada (Padipoyanila - Balupu).

Allah Allah and Lashkar Pori (Jabardasth)

Katthi Lanti Pilla, Hey Naayak (Naayak)

Diamond Girl (Baadshah) - ordinary tune and lyrics, but Thaman shows off his programming/arranging and mixing skills. Listen to the song on a good stereo system and be impressed!

Tamil

Adiye, Moongil Thottam - Kadal (A. R. Rahman)

Kanave Kanave - David, Oh Penne - Vanakkam Chennai (Anirudh Ravichander)

Aaja Aaja - Thillu Mullu, Naah Na Naah - Biriyani (Yuvan Shankar Raja)

Enga Pona Raasa - Maryan (A. R. Rahman)

Kannukkul Pothuvaippen - Thirumanam Enum Nikkah (Ghibran)

Hindi

Tu Mun Shudi, Nazar Laaye, Piya Milenge - Raanjhanaa (A. R. Rahman)

Shubhaarambh - Kai Po Che (Amit Trivedi)

Sunn Raha Hai, Tum Hi Ho - Aashiqui 2 (Ankit Tiwari and Mithoon)

Zinda - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)

Khalbali - 3G (Mithoon)

Mera Mann - Nautanki Saala (Falak Shabir)

Ambarasariya - Fukrey (Ram Sampath)

Titli - Chennai Express (Vishal-Shekhar)

Any other recommendations?

P. S. : Here's a screenshot of the iTunes playlist: