Hamesha by the Pakistani rock band Entity Paradigm (EP) is a timeless track. It was the song that brought the band fame in the Pakistani music scene. It also brought the culture of head banging to Pakistan. It can be said that it is perhaps the most covered Pakistani rock song. Many underground and amateur bands have covered this song. It is pretty common to see them doing so.
Hamesha was released in 2003; one year after EP came second in the first season of Pepsi Battle Of The Bands. It is part of the band’s first and only album Irtiqa released in 2003 as well. The lyrics of the song are written by Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan (Xulfi), Ahmed Ali Butt and Ali Khan. The audio has been produced by Mekaal Hasan.
Hamesha features Fawad Khan on lead vocals, Waqar Khan and Salman Albert on drums, Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan on lead guitar, Ahmed Ali Butt on vocals and keyboard, Sajjad Khan on bass and Ali Khan and Hassan Khalid on rhythm guitars.
The music video of the song has been directed by Kamran Yar Kami. Saleem Dad is responsible for the cinematography. The editing has been done by Imran Niazi. The music video was produced by Kamran Yar Kami’s production company LIPS Productions.
The song has been covered by many musicians more importantly rock bands and metal bands in Pakistan. It has become an iconic song ever since its release and is the most popular Pakistani rock song to this day.
Hamesha was covered in the first season of the show Nescafe Basement in 2012. The Nescafe Basement version featured the members of the bands Bayaan and Soch before they became famous. The song featured many other artists performing on different instruments. Unlike the original Hamesha which is an alternative rock song, the Nescafe Basement version is a combination of two subgenres of rock which are folk rock and hard rock.
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The song gained attention once again in 2017. The winner of the second season of Pepsi Battle Of The Bands Kashmir performed this song in the auditions stage. They did a soft rock version of it. They performed the song in front of the lead vocalist of the original song Fawad Khan who really liked it.
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In the final episode of the same season of Pepsi Battle Of The Bands, the original band members came together and recreated the song in an amazing way once again. It was one of the highlights of not just that episode but of that season.
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Hamesha has popularized Pakistan’s rock music scene and continues to be an influence on many Urdu and Hindi rock songs being produced today.
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