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What is the common thread here?

When pop went Desi - Seniors TodayStream Nazia Hassan - Disco Deewane (Tribal Mix) DJ Vipul by Vipul Pawar | Listen online for free on SoundCloudundefined

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All three were produced by British Indian producer and composer Biddu Appaiah, who also engineered Nazia Hassan's meteoric rise to fame with Aap Jaisa Koi.

Fun fact: Biddu's production style inspired two of his session musicians to found the new wave band The Buggles, whose greatest hit was Video Killed The Radio Star -- which in turn "inspired" Bappi Lahiri to knock out Koi Yahaan Naache Naache from 1982's Disco Dancer.

Full circle.

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Arjan Singh Nalva, was the fourth son of Hari Singh Nalva, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sikh Khalsa Army. After his father’s death, Arjan Singh continued the legacy and fought against the Britishers in the second Anglo-Sikh War.
The actions of Arjan were immortalized in a Punjabi folklore song & was entered into mainstream media through an Indian movie released in 2023.
Identify the song.

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Arjan Vailly from Animal.
The folklore hero was known to take on multiple enemies with his battleaxe (much like the depiction in the movie)

Here's the Full Story

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X’s music was often criticized for only being popular due to his videos which featured beautiful, dancing women. The singer responded by creating a video that featured only himself. He went on to create India’s first music video using Chrome Key Technology (Green Screen) with visuals of desert and mountain landscapes as well as the St. Basil’s Cathedral.
Who’s X and what song am I talking about?

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Daler Mehndi and the song is "Tunak Tunak Tun"
Give it a listen again

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X is a music composer born in 1928 and is considered one of the greatest of all time. His collaboration with a director/producer of his time has laid the foundation of an entire genre of feature films.
Such is X’s following, that Metallica opens their concerts covering the song Y composed by X.
Give me X & Y.

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X is Ennio Morricone
Y is Ecstasy of Gold
Give it a listen

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In early 2003, this company launched a marketing campaign in Germany by the name “ich liebe es”.  Later that year, they tied with music star Justin Timberlake to launch a song by the same name. The song topped the charts at the time, and helped the company create a rememberable jingle before their campaign launch in the US.
Name the campaign and the company.

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I'm lovin' it by McDonalds.
Listen to the song

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The following is a snap from the Wikipedia page of which aptly named song?
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Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees.
The song has around 103 beats per minute, and 100–120 chest compressions per minute are recommended by the British Heart Foundation and endorsed by the Resuscitation Council (UK). A study on medical professionals found that the quality of CPR is better when thinking of the song "Stayin' Alive".