"Dheere Dheere" is a song by the Indian singer

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. He recorded this song on his

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and composed it on his laptop during his bipolar episode. The track was released on 31 August 2015 as a single on

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of the

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filmi-ghazal song "Dheere Dheere Se" sung by

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and

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, with music by

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and lyrics by Rani Malik, from the

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of the 1990 Bollywood film ''

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'' (picturised on

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and Anu Aggarwal). "Dheere Dheere" was released on

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on 1 September 2015.

Music video

The accompanying music video, directed by Ahmed Khan, was shot in

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, Turkey. The video features Bollywood actors

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Reception

The song received commercial success, crossing five million views in 4 days of its release, and over 18 million views in a week. It also reached number one on the BBC Asian Download Chart in September 2015. In January 2016, the music video crossed 100million views on YouTube. As of January 2025, the song has received over 683Million views on YouTube and is the second most viewed song of Yo Yo Honey Singh after his legendary track "Blue Eyes" which has over 726Million views.

References

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