Coke Studio Season 9| Ala Baali| Nirmal Roy & Jabar Abbas

Coke Studio Season 9| Episode 4
Ala Baali, Nirmal Roy & Jabar Abbas
Music Directed by Shiraz Uppal
Produced by Strings

‘Ala Baali’ – literally translated from Arabic means ‘you’re on my mind’ – and this track is exactly that: infectious, fun and addictive. A multilingual love anthem, penned by Shakeel Sohail captures the sentiments lyrically in Urdu, Arabic and Punjabi. The powerful drive throughout the song rests on an Arabic beat and a Persian rhythm to build a momentum; the track composed by Shiraz Uppal is underlined with energy featuring plenty of grooves that come together to form the perfect platform for Nirmal and Jabar’s layered vocals, complementing one another naturally. #CokeStudio9

[Managdecuir]

Coke Studio Pakistan is a real gem, one of the thing I admire of Pakistan... LOVE FROM INDIA :)

[amtrips]

such a peppy one...bubbles of positivity everywhere, feels like that! the instrument esp violin is just brilliant...

[fihascrafts]

nice Coke studio.. respect from me and respect from Bangladesh

[gurus]

Thank God for Coke Studio Pakistan.. One of many heart warming melodies carved out of a perfect balance between soft calming voice of Nirmal and powerful goosebump evoking voice of Jabbar.. God Bless

[charujena]

Pakistan undoubtably has some of the best singers in the world. Love and respect from India.

[ayeshaosmani]

Beautiful song with three languages: Arabic, Punjabi and Urdu.

[factthings]

Those 3 background singers are extremely talented in all videos.👏👏👏

[prabhukedarshan]

Listening to Ala Baali is like taking a multi-cultural-flight (if that ever existed!) from Dubai to Punjab as you experience a cocktail of cultures in a single experience on the way - Arabic, Urdu and Punjabi! And like always Coke Studio gets that delicate balance just right while coming up with these fusion numbers. Shiraz Uppal brings in a range of instruments to create this multi-cultural musical! Structurally song is based heavily on the bass-line and the percussions (the one played right at the beginning. Remember Rahman's Zariya in CS India?). Strings section again is creatively used all throughout the song and the way they play it brings forth the arabic feel (Especially the interlude at 1.35). Banjo and flute are also smartly used at interludes. Also the effect of working closely with Rahman kinda shows off on Shiraz Uppal as he uses the Rahman's favourite instrument - fingerboard in one of the interludes (at 3.00).

Both vocalists do a great job holding the song together while hopping between the multi-lingual lyrics. Nirmal Roy (the female vocalist) comes with a beautiful voice that gives you a contemporary, play-back ready feel. She starts with the energetic arabic part and later goes onto the soulful Punjabi portions on the lower notes. Overall she holds onto notes quite well and am sure we'll see more of this 20-year old in days to come! Coming to the male vocalist - Jabbar Abbas, I bet that if you listen to this track without watching the video, you too would mistake him for Sukhwinder Singh! There's an incredible similarity in the voice quality and singing styles! Jabbar Abbas brings the Punjabi elements beautifully with his open voice. The backing vocalists again do a great job supporting the main vocalists.

Overall an infectious composition that would keep your feet tapping and head banging for some time! Enjoy! :)

[chowdhury_]

His voice literally like Sukhwinder great

[waqarahmed]

2023 is about to start still loving this song ❤️🔥
Hit like for 2023 attendance 🎉

[abhitrump]

While Bollywood movies ruined Music Industry Coke Studio Pakistan jus restored our faith in Music!! Lots of love from India :)

[janpreetsingh]

Love and huge Respect from punjab, india 😊🙏 jiyoo dosto

[sagg]

Awesome performance of both.
She's very beautiful, she sings very good 😃

[msnahushkumar]

The bassist and drummer stole the show for me!! :) Just such fantastic groove!

[tanzilashahid]

That Persian rhythm.😍😍I'm unable to stop dancing 😜Awesome song and Ahad's reaction is priceless i'm in love with drummer guy 😜😍

[jejefahad]

When i see the song title i was shocked is that arab words and when they sing it على بالي i'm so happy 💕💕💕 arab fans 💃💃💃

[أميرةاميرة-خش]

مزيج مذهل بين اللغة العربية والباكستانية ⁦❤️⁩⁦❤️⁩⁦❤️⁩ ماشاء الله احببت الأغنية جدا 😍😍⁦❤️⁩ محبة من الجزائر ⁦✌️⁩⁦🇩🇿⁩⁦❤️⁩

[daredevilride]

Everyone is appreciating singers but i wanted to appreciate backstage vocalists you made my day

[ahumanbeingmybrain]

omg. I can't believe I have become so addicted to this song. like it's playing in my brain all the time.

[mishalmalik]

Ala Baali means you are on my mind.
Anta Qalbi means you are my heart.
Anta Habibi means you are my love.
This song was my favourite when it came out❤❤😍😍