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}} "Chammak Challo" is a song composed by music director duo Vishal-Shekhar and Giorgio Tuinfort as a part of the soundtrack for the 2011 Bollywood film ''Ra.One''. The female vocals were provided by Hamsika Iyer while male vocals were provided by Akon. It is his first musical collaboration with Indian artists. There are four other versions of the song in the album, including a remix by Abhijit Vaghani, another remix by DJ Khushi and an international version sung solely by Akon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ra.1 M.R )〕 The song, along with the rest of the soundtrack, was officially released on 12 September 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Big One: Shah Rukh, Bebo unveil Ra.One album )〕 However, the song faced controversy when the rough version was leaked on the Internet on 31 May 2011. "Chammak Challo" was dubbed as the "trademark of ''Ra.Ones publicity campaign". The song was named the most downloaded song and video of the year in India in a survey by wireless telephone major Airtel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chammak Challo most downloaded song )〕 It was rated as the best item number of 2011 in a ''Mid Day'' poll. The song also topped the MirchiTop 100 charts as the song of year. "Chammak Challo" also entered the Top 10 "World Songs" list of iTunes in eight countries, reaching No. 1 at three of them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Music-Chart.info )〕 Due to the extremely positive response for the song, Akon decided to branch out and make tracks especially for Bollywood projects and wanted to have a dedicated branch to produce music for Bollywood with local talent. Subsequently, Akon received a nomination for Best Playback Singer (male) at the 2012 Filmfare Awards. According to the insider report, Akon was paid 350K USD to sing this song. ==Production== "Chammak Challo" was composed by music duo Vishal-Shekhar and co-composed by Akon who arrived in Mumbai in March 2010 for two days to record it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Akon in India for Ra.One )〕 Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and ''Ra.One'' director Anubhav Sinha held a press conference to declare the association of the Grammy-nominated singer with the film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SRK welcomes Akon )〕 was recorded at the Yash Raj Studios.〔 The lyrics were penned by Vishal Dadlani and Niranjan Iyengar. The lyrics are primarily in Hindi and Tamil, with a few English lines included. Along with the English parts, Akon sang parts of the song in Hindi by himself. Hamsika Iyer sang the Hindi and Tamil parts.〔 According to the music directors, the Senegalese American R&B singer had no problems voicing the Hindi lyrics: "It was really easy for Akon. When he came to the studio and we told him that he would have to sing in Hindi too, he got really excited. Once he heard the lines, he started singing fluently. It took him only three-four hours to learn...he picked up everything so well," said Shekhar. The song is produced by Giorgio Tuinfort, who produced Gwen Stefani's ''The Sweet Escape'', featuring Akon.〔 The remix version by DJ Khushi was a club mix with more electronic sounds, dholki and vocal effects. Khushi was referred to Khan by the Moranis for remixing the song; Khushi made a demo and sent it to Khan who was impressed by it and told him to complete the track.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dj Khushi makes rocking 'Chammak Challo Remix' for SRK )〕 In an interview, Khushi said: "Remixing 'Chammak Challo' was not just an amazing and an exciting experience but it also came with a lot of responsibility to make a track that compliments the song as it was already a very big hit even before the release."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chammak Challo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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