Young Tarang
{{Infobox album
| name = Young Tarang
| type = studio
| artist = Nazia and Zoheb
| cover = Young Tarang (Nazia and Zoheb album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1983 (Pakistan)
24 December 1984 (worldwide)
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pakistani pop
| length =
| label = CBS
| producer = Biddu
| prev_title = Star/Boom Boom
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Hotline
| next_year = 1987
}}
Young Tarang is the third studio album by the Pakistani pop duo Nazia and Zoheb, consisting of Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan.{{cite web|title=Young Tarang|url=http://pages.rediff.com/young-tarang/1392941|website=Rediff|access-date=28 November 2017}}{{cite book|last=Sheikh|first=M. A.|title=Who's Who: Music in Pakistan|date=2012|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=9781469191591|page=192|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ol9C3lhd01QC&pg=PA192}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Gopal|first1=Sangita|last2=Moorti|first2=Sujata|title=Global Bollywood: Travels of Hindi Song and Dance|date=2008|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|isbn=9780816645787|page=99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19JBf6oDOy0C&pg=PA99}} The music was composed by Zoheb and British-Indian producer Biddu, with lyrics written by Nazia and Zoheb.{{cite web |title=Nazia Hassan & Zoheb Hassan – Young Tarang |url=https://www.discogs.com/Nazia-Hassan-Zoheb-Hassan-Young-Tarang/release/4308481 |website=Discogs |year=1984 |access-date=8 January 2019}}
It was first released in Pakistan in 1983,{{cite journal|title=Pakistan Hotel and Travel Review|journal=Pakistan Hotel and Travel Review|date=1983|volume=6-8|page=45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blBQAAAAYAAJ&q=tarang+platinum|publisher=Syed Wali Ahmad Maulai}} then worldwide in 1984, and went on to sell over 40 million copies. It is one of the most famous albums of Asia. It was also the first South Asian album to feature music videos.
Music video
Amit Khanna directed "Zara Chera Tu Dekhao", "Sunn" and "Dosti". He used three cameras to shoot the videos. After this the team went to London and recorded four videos with the famous set designer and director, John King, who was also the set designer of Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Amit and John worked on "Pyar Ka Jadu", "Dum Dum Dede", "Ankhien Milane Wale" and "Aag".
Reception
In 1983, EMI awarded it a Platinum disc for exceeding 150,000 cassette sales in Pakistan. The album went on to become a success in India, and in South East Asia, where it was awarded a Double Platinum Disc.{{cite journal|title=Women Year Book of Pakistan|journal=Women Year Book of Pakistan|date=1990|volume=8|page=405|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jm_aAAAAMAAJ&q=Young+Tarang+platinum|publisher=Ladies Forum Publications}} The Hong Kong magazine Asiaweek reported that the album sold 100,000 cassettes in its first three weeks, with demand remaining consistent afterwards.{{cite journal|title=Asiaweek|journal=Asiaweek|date=1985|volume=11|page=124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pVkLAQAAMAAJ&q=young+tarang|publisher=Asiaweek Limited}} The album went on to sell over 40 million copies worldwide.
Over thirty years later, an India Today article titled "Nazia makes a lovely comeback" celebrated Nazia Hassan's music appearing in the cult 2012 film, Miss Lovely that had premiered at the Cannes Film Festival: "The film has made the audience nostalgic over Ahluwalia's use of the song "Dum dum de de" from Hassan's 1984 album, Young Tarang."{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/nazia-hassan-miss-lovely-niharika-singh-ashim-ahluwalia-177488-2014-01-19|title=Nazia makes a lovely comeback|first1=Priyanka |last1=Srivastava|website=India Today}} Miss Lovely director, Ashim Ahluwalia, described keeping the original track untouched: "The song symbolises the '80s and the lyrics of the song were in sync with the mood of the film. [We] retained the original voice of Nazia. We didn't want to remix this song because the original was perfect."
Songs
- Aag - Nazia Hassan
- Dum Dum Dede - Nazia Hassan
- Chehra - Zoheb Hassan
- Kya Howa - Nazia Hassan
- Dosti - Nazia Hassan & Zoheb Hassan
- Ashanti - Zoheb Hassan
- Sunn - Nazia Hassan
- Medley - Instrumental
- Ankhien Milane Wale - Nazia Hassan
- Pyar Ka Jadu - Zoheb Hassan
Music by
Lyrics by
Certifications and sales
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