The song that I chose for this chapter’s song share is a song called “Mundian to Bach Ke” by Panjabi MC and is apart of a genre that we didn’t really cover.  The genre is bhangra, which is a non-traditional music that originated in the Indian state of Punjab.  Bhangra is an upbeat popular genre of music in India that is associated with the Punjabi diaspora.  This style of music has different origins that include Punjab folk music along with 1970s and 80s western pop influence.  Before bhangra’s origination in the 1960s, it had previously only existed as a form of dance in Punjab.  This form of music embraced many elements of the traditional Punjabi folk music, but differed drastically in that it embraced the modernity of music at the time.  Many years later, changes in the genre came around when popular DJs such as Panjabi MC began to remix recordings of folk singers in place of working with bhangra bands.  The remixes they were putting out were very successful and saw bhangra change significantly into bhangra folk-hop which was seen as a combination of bhangra folk vocals that would be remixed with in a studio.  And that is the best way to describe “Mundian to Bach Ke”.  It is a very upbeat song that includes traditional Indian elements such as the dhol, and the tumbi which is a plucking instrument primarily used in Western Bhangra music from Punjab.  Along with those components of the song, there are traditional bhangra beat patterns with vocals and samples that have influence from Western rap music.  Following the song’s release in 2002, it did very successful and sold an estimated 10 million copies worldwide, which makes it one of the best-selling singles of all time.  And a fun fact about “Mundian to Bach Ke”, is that is was remixed by Jay Z and got a pretty interesting music video along with it.  The title of the remix is “Beware”, and I would say the song is pretty decent.