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@@TheBrownExperience as a kid i don't even remember how i first heard the song, i just new that whenever i heard that beat, i instantly knew was about to get swarmed. shit was like spider senses
@@TheBrownExperience I didn't receive the Panjabi Mc treatment I recieved the Jay Sean treatment lol. Back in school days i'd always be seen as the Jay Sean kid when I hopped onto the Music scene as well. Karla's would tease me as another Jay Sean dude. But imagine the roles was reversed & I saw Jamaicans as Elephant Man or Sean Paul lol. I'd get away with it because in the 2000's people was less offended. We'd mock each other in banter in mixed diverse groups. Of course to get that 'Pass' you'll have to have been grown in surroundings like that otherwise if you was a random Dave you'd get bottled.
Kim kardashian playing a punjabi song after attending a Gujarati wedding: 🤡 It would be fine if she actually knew the difference but she probably doesn’t..
@@m.al-h9108 wow, that’s the most idiotic comment I’ve seen today. Anyways my favourite Russian food is pizza. Italians? Who are those? They’re all white, so same to me. You desperately need help Mohammad. 😂
@@playz8538 I did see a video of a white guy going behind Indian people and playing this song. I would’ve included it in this video but I couldn’t find the original clip
A friend I joked about how 1000s of years of cultural development, for any given culture, has slowly been distilled down to a 10-second sound clip. I'm Punjabi, so we naturally joked it was Mundian. He's Mexican, so we joked it was la cucararacha. It's fun among friends. It's obnoxious from anyone that isn't.
thank you!!! i had no idea the song had such a significant history and how, frankly, western culture has bastardized it. id love to hear more about south Asian music history !!
I love the tune and I get what you're saying about it being bastardised and stereotyped, but it is actually based on (and partially samples) the theme song from night rider, so the song itself takes from western culture.
@@TheBrownExperienceNa do one about the British Asian Music scene. Pioneers like Bally Saggoo, Rishi Rich Crew, Apache Indian, RDB, Gubi Sandhu, the Desi Garage Scene & the British Asian Labels such as Moviebox, Untouchable Records, ABC Records etc. These are the giants who paved the way for what the Desi scene is of today across the globe. Bear in mind India & North America was inspired by us Brit Desi's. We was the one's who invented the scene & the raves. If it wasn't for us then we wouldn't have people like AP Dhillon, Karan Aujla & Jasmine Sandlas. These lot came to the UK & lived here to learn Production & the Music Industry. A lot of people don't know the actual history.
@@McSliksOnline Yh this does sound like an interesting topic. I do know about those old channels. I think I need to do more research about the influence but that does sound like a good video idea
I actually found this song while browsing for more Indian music. I’m a Desi kid who’s trying to connect more with her culture, so the song has a special place in my heart… BUT I do think it’s overplayed, and there’s so much more Indian music to appreciate. Plus, when a song becomes not an impetus to engage more with a culture, but instead becomes a stereotype, we got a problem.
@@IEnjoyChai That’s awesome to hear ❤️ and yeah I definitely agree with your last point. The song has unfortunately been ruined but if it comes on in the right setting then it’s guaranteed to go crazy
honestly you wishing to connect with your culture is beautiful, if you ever need song reccs just reply to this comment and I'll send you a few. Some Indian songs are an instant hit of nostalgia for me.
i didnt expect this video to be from a small channel and to have so little comments!! this is a very professional video and im blessed by having this recommended !!
As a Black American watching this I'm both stunned and not surprised at all by Indian folks and their music culture being reduced down to this one song. An entire ethnicity getting pigeon-holed into a single genre of music is nothing new, but a SINGLE song is wild!! That's like playing gangnam style nonstop at any Korean person and reducing K-pop to that ONE song. Did "Naatu Naatu" breakthrough a little bit as a the default "Indian Song"? Either way I'm definitely going to check out some of the artists you mentioned.
Thank you for watching! I'd say 'Naatu Naatu' was definitely a major moment in Indian representation. It was also significant because it's a South Indian song whereas the song I'm talking about is North Indian. Both songs are in completely different languages which makes your point about "pigeon-holing" even more prevalent. Also I've got a playlist of Desi song recs In my community tab if you want more music to listen to 🤝
I’m with you that Mundian Te Bach Ke needs to be reclaimed, and that it would be awesome to see it used as a gateway for westerners to discover other Punjabi music. But I wouldn’t put so much blame on Dev Patel himself for the use of the song in the Monkey Man trailer. From what I know about the film industry, directors generally don’t have any say over trailers or other marketing material
@@ItsIntelligentDesign Good point. I don’t blame him at all tbh. I think he just needed a song which most people could resonate with and that would be recognisable. Ironically, the Jay Z remix kind of fits the vibe of the trailer.
Punjabi bhangra is to Indian music is what Puerto Rican reggaeton is to Latin music. It's formulaic, marketable and catchy, but that also means it's the small slice that ends up drowning out an entire spectrum of culture on the world stage.
@@dhillaz interesting take. I feel like other parts of India has the potential for music to blow up (like we saw with Naatu naatu) but it just needs to be recognised.
As a Brit from the whitest part of England my brother had this as his ringtone in like 2004 when we first got phones aged 9 and 10. I was shocked hearing kids playing this on guitar like how do they even know it? Shame a song we thought was a bop has been used in such a horrible way :/ sorry to hear it
In Brazil, Indian songs started to get recognition through a soap opera called "Caminho das Índias" (Path To The Indies), which is an all time favourite here. The soundtrack was very diverse, but nowadays, after educating myself, I know most of those songs were very stereotypical, although undeniable hits. Still, even knowing the meaning of each song and to which traditions they belong or refer to, I love most of them. Kajra-re, Nagada Nagada, Sajna Ve Sajna, Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah, and Beedi are still bops to me. And now that I also actually know Bollywood apart from the stereotype, I'm glad to have been introduced to such a rich industry and such amazing traditions through the soap opera.
Well as someone from TamilNadu, I feel dumbfounded about the ignorance when someone mentions this song as a signature to the entire subcontinent. My Bros from Tamil Malayalam Kannada Telugu Marathi Gujarati Bengali Assamese Bhojpuri Odiya Dogri. etc... If you ever get hit with this stereotypical song please vehemently oppose and reject.
No i m frm kerala and any song from india ll be accapeted as ours just the language has to be indian..indian langauge = our culture and we ll accept it..tamil people are crazy about their language so they wont accept any lang except tamil...so don take this guys cmnts seriously..tamil andu is a state where people will fight if a namebaord or anything is not tamil and if a person doesnt speak tamil they get offended...if u cant even accept this then whats the point of having a country india?
I can't fathom being a grown adult and doing something so juvenile as playing that song to someone randomly. It just reeks of ignorance. Anyway anyone who likes metal should 100% check out bloodywood
I am a 16 panjabi guy who migrated from India 1 and half a year ago many of our brown people are innocent enough to not know that they are being made of this song destroyed my high school freshman year i genuinely thought they are embracing my culture by playing that song but after sometime time i started hearing that song often i enter any class then i found that those mf are making fun of me i used to fight those mf but now i changed my circle and i would like to recommend you some desi hip hop artists talha anjum & seedhe maut for hindi/urdu and sikander kahlon for panjabi language
@@lamedude8976 Damn bro it’s unfortunate to hear you went through that. Good to hear you changed your circle. Also I’m fully aware of all those artists that you just mentioned and have a few Seedhe Maut songs on my playlist. I’m a major Desi Hip Hop fan and more vids around that topic should be coming soon 👀
@@TheBrownExperience try sikander kahlon he is so underrated his 100 bars 2 is straight facts and thanks for making this video I would like to see more videos from you some day I will also start creating content like you
A question that I thought wasn't touched upon much was why is it always Punjabi music? Mumbai has a pretty good rap scene, the South gets practically no representation at all. People in the west don't seem to know anything Indian that might exist outside of Punjab. Imagine the absurdity of say, being a Tamilian in an anglo country and people playing Mundiyan to bach ke around you. It's like playing an Italian song around a Norwegian and saying 'This your song right? You're European right?' Or playing Mongolian throat singing to an Indonesian.
I mean Punjabi music is very influential in the West and even in India. I think it’s to do with the fact that the majority of people who move out of India are from Punjab so they can spread the music a lot faster. And I agree the South does have a pretty good rap scene with guys like Divine. I think they just need another Gully Boy moment
@@TheBrownExperience Divine is not from South. But I do agree Punjabi musical components are used pretty often in indian music from other regions. Despite that I'll say mumbai hip hop and even telegu hip hop have their own distinct sound, they just don't hit it big with the nri crowd.
@@TheBrownExperience For a South Indian rapper who raps in English check out Brodha V. There are others who rap in their mother tongues, but they may not all come with subtitles.
The funny part is in India this song is definitely still a banger and it's played at a lot of weddings and clubs here. I imagine that for NRIs it doesn't hit the same because they only know it in this racist context of white people not knowing Indian music, but when I went to Vietnam, a DJ saw me in the club and played this song, I danced like a madman because I genuinely fuck with this song.
plethora of songs from a billion dollar industry and one indie song from a punjabi rapper establishing itself as stereotypical indian song is just crazy. really shows you the internet can literally do anything
@@eamonnschnell5373 no, you're talking about two different things. The Pardesi song is a different song, that was also remixed by punjabimc. But the song in this video is an entirely different song altogether. The two are not related
Feel like Puerto Ricans can sorta relate with Gasolina by Daddy Yankee but I don’t think it was used as overtly racist as Mundian Ton Bach Ke. Hopefully we can see someone get that breakout hit that transcends cultures from an Indian artist soon. I’ll be checking out those recommendations
@@AngeltheAnswer thank you for watching. Yh I remember that Gasolina song. And also I think Hanumankind might be the guy to do that. Probably going to be my next video
being from India, we love this song. no party is complete with Mundian toh bach ke. and whenever its playing, the song compels us to atleast head bop, if not dance. And Tunak Tunak Tun is even more iconic than this. Me and my friends are not Punjab and we don't know bhangra, but it'll be a competition on who can do a better bhangra whenever Daler Mehndi's song plays. But i don't know what the NRI are facing outside India, I don't think I can ever be bullied by any of these songs. Yeah but Lovebomber baby is Kryptonite for me. But if you want the One song that every North Indian bops to listen to Dil Lutiya by Jazzy B. If you ever see a group of Indians, play that song and everyone will enjoy it.
Tunak Tunak is more popular outside of Punjab than in Punjab tbh, I'm Punjabi and never hear it played at our functions, also haven't heard Mundian Toh Bach Ke played in a long time. But other Punjabi MC songs get played alot, like Dhol Jageero Da, and Main Hogeya Sharabi. But you're right about Dil Luteya, it is 100% played everytime lol, along with some other Jazzy B songs.
@@aishwarya2426 Hmmm I feel like in the West it could go off but just in the right setting. But Yh you’re right it has just been used for casual racism recently
I myself am not Desi, but I have witnessed this song being played to make fun of multiple Desi classmates or stereotype them even if they didn’t have ties to the country of India. A lot of boys who would get in trouble would play it to Desi classmates of mine and sometimes also make fun of their accents as well from the time of late elementary/middle school to high school, I had no idea what to do, it was in front of the teachers a lot of times too. The victims of this bullying, for lack of a better word would just play it off like they were in on it and not bothered by it. I wonder how many of them were actually okay with it and how many were annoyed or even hurt by it in some way. I wish that I had more resources at the time to deal with things like this.
as a filipino, this song was actually a bop to me when i first heard it when i was like 11 years old. hell, when i was listening to it at the time, it was not even the original, but rather a remix. no, it wasn't jay z, but was even close to the original, which i only heard several years later. still, i have yet to find that specific remix after all these years.
I like AndreAntunes on TH-cam, he's white and Brazilian I think, but he turns regular SEA songs into rock/ heavy metal ballads and they're a lot of fun even if you're not a rock fan.
wow thanks for the shoutout! and OMG thank you for mentioning the sidemen thing, I occasionally watched their videos and literally the very SECOND Vikkstar showed up on screen, they would zoom in on him and Mundian To Bach Ke started playing, even as a teenager I found that so bizarre. also MC Gawthi is another good Marathi rapper.
Yo! Thank you for watching. Yh I like Vikkstar but he set us back by allowing that to happen. Also thank you for putting me on to that rapper 🤝 I’ll check him out!
5:22 I'm Indian and as someone who grew up in the 2000's , I've genuinely never heard this song being played here in India , not in any wedding nor any functions, etc. The only times I've heard this song being used is in online South Asian related memes or media usually from western countries.
@@TheBrownExperience do the western desi population play this song during weddings? I've never heard it being played here , maybe because there are soo many other "party" songs, that this song just gets forgotten.
I cut off a friend because he kept playing that song. I’m a Bangladeshi-American, not even full Bangladeshi, not even West Bengal. Plus, he’s so dumb that I can’t even explain that to him, so I just say I’m Indian as they don’t ask anything else. He kept playing that song and put it as his ringtone. I pretended I was fine with it, only because I liked the song, but at the same time it did perpetuate that I was actually fine with it and he could play any stereotypical music around me. He also makes 9/11 jokes around me all the time. And, I can’t even stay away from him because he can’t tell that I actually don’t wanna be friends with him. Also, what a great video man! My school played this for an 8th grade Bhangra performance (my school’s dance program teaches multiple dances from across the world) and I had no idea why it was being played. Now, I know that it was the perfect song for the dance teacher to use… still hurts that she would use a stereotypical Desi song. She probably chose it as there are like, 3 Desi kids in all of the school? Whatever… You taught me a lot today, and yeah this song is a banger
Make it clear what you are and are not okay with. If he still pushes your boundaries then it's fair to cut him off. But don't cry about it beforehand like you didn't approve of his behavior.
Bruh same in Russia... I study as a student of medicine there and once we were out near a Lake, nice hangout place on a weekend, one group of Russian people saw us and started playing this song... Now it's a stereotype everywhere maah gawwd... I like the song... Btw those Russians were chill
It's pretty insane that nothing past 90s Indian culture permeated to the west that influentially. I wonder why that is. "Why This Kolaveri" was a viral hit but it didn't have the staying power of this. I can't honestly think of any other examples that come even slightly close.
True, it is so annoying these days. The funny part is, it is not even actually Indian(It was made in UK). I'm pissed why great singers and composers of India like RD Burman, Elayaraja or AR Rahman are unknown and people think this is "the" song that comes from India.
As a white Brit I just like the song too! Racists always find a way to be racist but it's especially frustrating (to put it mildly) when they twist ordinary things, even nice things like music, into a weapon to be used against people.
I'm not Indian and I've been listening to this song and tunak tunak tun for over a decade now just because they are great songs, I've never noticed them to actually be directed towards anyone (mostly because clubing is a waste of money and I keep off short form content like TikTok) but you have opened my eyes to how it could definitely be used racially when directed towards a person or group of people. I see what your saying in this video and me personally ill continue to play these songs with my family out of love for the music, Ill be sure to never assume that just because someone is Indian they would enjoy to hear the Indian music I casually listen to, its unfortunate that people would over play these songs in such a way that its now a stereotype.
I'm so glad TH-cam is recommending smaller creators like this to me! But boy it was hard to watch that compilation at the start, especially feeling bad for that poor guy who had to interact with ishowspeed
Speaking as a black guy with no skin in the game, it's not just that the song is stereotypical, it's annoying as hell. I recently discovered Sidu Mossewala thanks to Trap Lore ross. Bham Bole is a banger, and the video goes hard. I don;t even speak Punjabi but I still rock with it.
I think a lot of Westerners don't really understand the differences between large, non-Western areas in general. Each major area is broken up into simple things that they think of because that's likely the only exposure they have had to it. Like think of how everyone assumes all Indian clothing is Saree. They probably don't even know what Lehenga is, or if you're lucky maybe they recognize shalwar kameez but that's about it. And they imagine everything is in very bright colors, which is a very dated way to look at Indian fashion. I can't count the amount of times I've heard a Westerner call any Indian clothing "saree" even when it's not remotely the same silhouette. I am myself a Westerner, but I'm a huge fashion, dance and music fan and spent years learning about these things so I have much more exposure and knowledge than the average person over here does. I enjoy learning about traditional clothing in general, have always loved textiles and clothing history, so I notice this about other cultures, too. Like anything Northern Asian people see as kimono. It can be a historical Chinese drama and a random white person sees "kimono". It's sad, really. I am from the USA and we have so many different cultures living here yet many Americans are still very ignorant about them. I remember once at work someone said something about going to South Korea and a coworker said "That sounds like a really dangerous place!" to which my shocked self retorted "South Korea has some of the lowest crime rates in the world!" and she stared at me with this confused look on her face. It was then I realized this full grown, middle aged woman didn't know the difference between North and South Korea. 🤦♀
Yh I think they do just have a certain image of India/Indians in their head in terms of food, clothing and music which obviously doesn't reflect the many different cultures within the country and all the variations
The Reddit post equated it to a cliche song that foreigners listen to when they think of France while it doesn’t have the same following. That’s the opposite of claiming that everyone in India listens to it. Case in point, the recent Olympics featured some famous chansons everyone knows but that does mean everyone listens to it.
Foreigners thinking Mundian Ton Bach Ke and Tunak Tunak Tu are the only Indian music shouldn't be a surprise to us cause they also only think that Butter Chicken and Chicken Tikka Masala are the only Indian food.
Huh. Didn't know it was a big deal in the west. Most Punjabi music is just standard wedding music in India, doesn't matter if it's a Punjabi wedding or not. Fascinating.
Can confirm, extremely big here especially in movies and clubs bout as big as Bel Biv Devoe - Poison, when it comes on people collectively lose their minds but as far as the reasons behind it varies person to person and generation to generation but the song is beloved regardless
As a brazilian, I gotta say that I kinda relate to that. Because being from Brazil, I consequently am Latin-american because our country was founded by Portuguese navigators, and their language comes from Latin, just like French (spoken in Haiti, a Latin country in Central America). But the thing is, everybody associates Latin america with music genres that come from the hispanic countries near Brazil, such as salsa, tango and cumbia, which are definitely beautiful music, but most people here are not familiar with it at all, and each one of the latin countries have their own identities and different styles of music. I'm not familiar with Indian music, but the sound of different kinds of indian music has always been very interesting to me, from Mundian to bach ke to Beatles songs with sitar and tambura in them. Greetings from Brazil to India!
I’ve grown up in an area that’s pretty much dominated by Punjabi culture. I’ve only ever heard this song from Indians! I was so confused at first cuz I Didn’t know what song you were referencing until you played it. I recognize it yes but didn’t know it was that well known. And I’m slowly learning im just living under a rock this whole time
Thanks I’m listening to Case now Incidentally for whiite men who were 10 year old boys in the early ‘80s Mundian to Bach ke is still basically a remix of the theme tune to Knight Rider an action adventure series starring David Hassellhof and his talking car that was on just before dinner time Which shows that context might be even more important than you already said
@@obsidikhanblock5672 100% that’s the ethos of my channel. AP Dhillon could’ve called his song “Indian munde” or “Punjabi Munde” but he chose to call it Brown Munde. That’s why my channel is called: “The Brown Experience” 😎
went to a resort in mexico earlier this year where they had a dj one of the nights. as soon as my family walked in the dj started playing this song BUT also played a couple other hindi/punjabi classics
I came across this video and only halfway through I realized how small your channel is (which is an absolute crime imo). They way you put your thoughts into words is so succinct and the edits are perfectly timed. Immediate sub! All the wishes to your success!
I'm a white guy and I unironically love this song! Of course I don't use it to stereotype South Asian people, but I didn't know it was used like that. Good to know the history behind it regardless
Mundian ton bach ke at prom is an interesting choice lol. It could go off depending on the setting. One of the clips I played at the end of my video is from a prom. But yeah only using that song is wild ngl. It made sense to give the DJ other songs lol
I am pretty sure Dev Patel had no control over marketing and that sort of company would pick it exactly because the beat fits perfectly and the lines also have relevance to the film with lines like beware the boys. Bhangra music just in its sort of beat or structure to me seems to fit great for hip-hop. I heard it before but had no idea it was used so inappropriately but very interesting video. Thank you for bringing it to my attention
Happened to me in the Netherlands lmao. The uni I was in was quite small, only 750-1000 students across all 3 years and I was one of the 8 Indian students there. You walk into the campus bar and they'll immediately start playing this although one time, they did play Chammak Challo...which wasn't even sung by an Indian, it was sung by Akon 😭
Every country has stereotypical popular song ngl. I personally don't have an issue with it. Though conclusion people derive form that can be less than ideal or just stupid.
@@TheBrownExperience Idk. I am not from the west. All Ik is there is tons of stereotype related to every country. The main issue seems to me that the song somehow (Probably because India being the only country with actual soft power in SA) got associated with an entire race instead of just a nationality.
I didn't even think this was the song you would talk about! I was sure it was gonna be Slumdog Millionaire ending song - Jai Ho. That's the first song I ever think about when I think of Indian songs 😂
Despite being in an international school where half of the student body is brown, it definitely doesn’t help that my school plays Mundiyan To Bach Ke for every Diwali celebration EVERY SINGLE YEAR 😭😭😭 last time I checked the song has nothing to do with Diwali lmfao Also regarding recommendations of other Indian artists, I’d recommend Raghav, one of his songs, Angel Eyes, samples a Jamaican song called Murder She Wrote, it’s great :)
As a black girl, I’ve heard this song everywhere while growing up (I grew up around mostly Bengali, Pakistani, Hindi, Punjabi and Greek people.) and I also used to play this song on Just Dance. To me, this song reminds me of when I was a kid, NOW I do find that it is VERY OVERPLAYED and there are other songs that people can recommend/use instead of this one ya know. If you’re interested just do some research and you’ll find a whole world of music that you’ll probably enjoy… it’s not that hard. My mom did it when she used to buy compilation CD’s of Indian music and Arabic music, like I said earlier I’m black so being introduced to such different music at a young age really made me appreciate it more as I got older.🤍
In reality most of south indians dont even know about this song as bhangra songs are not popular here also monkey man is a good film action wise but come on bro he stereotyped more than that it seems dev patel visited india rarely every western film there is only two types of people extremely rich or slum people the transgender hate and even even spiritual leaders controlling the nation ... Felt like propaganda Sorry didn't mean to give a review of the film
I am a supply teacher and was teaching RE to a class of hyper students about Diwali. Some students started humming this song, so to make it extra boring and learn about cultural sensitivity we started a discussion about the iktara instrument and how it can be used to make music. Before completing the lesson. I guess the music lesson took the fun out of it so they settled down.
Mundian To Bach Ke is still a banger that slaps hard, I think it never gets old. It’s right up there with Gasolina and Despacito, alongside Tunak Tunak Tun. I think sometimes we get too caught up in how these songs are used and throw shade their way, but often it's just a case of not knowing any better. When someone blasts Mundian To Bach Ke, they might just be trying to bridge a cultural gap, giving a shoutout like, “Hey, I see you” by playing the ONE song they know, because it’s an absolute banger...
@@TheBrownExperience And I agree, Racism certainly exists, however, what I believe is that the offensive behavior often stems from sheer ignorance rather than malice.
I've watched Every Child is Special and I legit love the songs that's been used in there, despite having zero idea what they're singing at. I just wish we get to hear those songs like this rather than the mainstream ones that's just overused in TikTok. But still tho that dingidingidingi is a masterpiece.
Went to a wedding the other day, this shit came on. Only other brown guy there turns to me and says "this is you bro" after all his white mates were onto him tryna get him to dance. Had to tell him I'm not Indian. It's cool to see South-Asian culture being recognised etc. but this song kinda just herds all brown people under one identity. I'm half Sri-Lankan, half Australian and the amount of time's I've had to say "ahaha yeah bro I'm not Indian idk this song" (even though I've heard it a million times before unwillingly) is crazy. Shout out M.I.A
i liked the take on "Mundian tu bachke" when i heard it in monkey man trailer. I thought Dev intentionally chose this stereotypical song added a bunch of drums to it and made it an absolute banger so it can go well with the action but i 100 agree with you on you using an underrated artist's songs.
That's my guy PMC. He told me the secret recepee to a Timeless Anthem that shaped a entire genre. What you folks didn't know the production is created by various Samples apart from the Tumbi, Dhol & Vocals. Big props to Vocalist Ustaad Labh Janjua saab for his sensational melodies.
@@TheBrownExperience Bhai you may like Zack Knight's version of Mundian Bach Ke, his version is more modern for the younger audience like us: th-cam.com/video/L3HUq5Z0Aeo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-LO0lKpCAd1H8Fqy
If you want to listen forever Punjabi gold music with good beats...here is my top 5 picks for you... 1. Taarey gin gin by Sukhbir 2. Nachan nu jee krda... By Tigerstyle 3. Challa... By Gurdas Mann 4. Chocolate...by Diljit Dosanjh 5. Jeeney mera dil lutiya... By Jazzy B
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theyre telling the joke for the first time we are hearing it for the 100th
@@suvikagamehouse7468 💯
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@@Pimpmister78 lmao I used to work as a cashier but luckily they never played music in our branch 🤞🏽
if this song ever plays in the UK, the brown kid is getting dogpiled by like 20 people within milliseconds
@@baelGIGAN nah fr though💀
@@TheBrownExperience as a kid i don't even remember how i first heard the song, i just new that whenever i heard that beat, i instantly knew was about to get swarmed. shit was like spider senses
@@baelGIGAN nah “spidey senses” is too accurate 😭 The way everyone would look at you as well
@@TheBrownExperience I didn't receive the Panjabi Mc treatment I recieved the Jay Sean treatment lol. Back in school days i'd always be seen as the Jay Sean kid when I hopped onto the Music scene as well. Karla's would tease me as another Jay Sean dude. But imagine the roles was reversed & I saw Jamaicans as Elephant Man or Sean Paul lol. I'd get away with it because in the 2000's people was less offended. We'd mock each other in banter in mixed diverse groups. Of course to get that 'Pass' you'll have to have been grown in surroundings like that otherwise if you was a random Dave you'd get bottled.
@@McSliksOnline lmao someone older called me Jay Sean the other day even though I’m way too young to know about his impact
why did i think it was going to be tunak tunak tun
It could’ve been. Maybe I should make a video about that song 🤔
bro fr fr me too
same
That's where I thought this was going honestly
Me too though.
22 languages and they think we speak dingh dingh dingh dingh
@@miiraaai LOL fr
@@miiraaai It’s more than 22 but yeah they think we speak in wototototo
Kim kardashian playing a punjabi song after attending a Gujarati wedding: 🤡
It would be fine if she actually knew the difference but she probably doesn’t..
She probably thinks all Indians are the same 😭
And she must think it's a hindi song
nobody sees difference between browns, except for browns. you are all the same to us, annoying.
@@m.al-h9108 wow, that’s the most idiotic comment I’ve seen today. Anyways my favourite Russian food is pizza. Italians? Who are those? They’re all white, so same to me. You desperately need help Mohammad. 😂
It's also fine because she doesn't know.
Ive never seen a usage of this song that wasnt slightly racist at best unfortunately.
@@myuziksohl Unfortunately this is true
I'd say mildly offensive at best and deeply racist at worst
Could you tell me a example of how this is used as racist? Im a brown person and it has always just felt like a easy but funny harmless joke.
@@playz8538 I did see a video of a white guy going behind Indian people and playing this song. I would’ve included it in this video but I couldn’t find the original clip
my indian friends put this on when they're playing pool lmao
A friend I joked about how 1000s of years of cultural development, for any given culture, has slowly been distilled down to a 10-second sound clip. I'm Punjabi, so we naturally joked it was Mundian. He's Mexican, so we joked it was la cucararacha. It's fun among friends. It's obnoxious from anyone that isn't.
For sure bro
I wonder what 10 second clip Gringos associate with Brazil, i am fortunate enough to never discover by first hand experience
@@dan_asd maybe parado no bailao
I think one for the US is the one that goes "America, f***** yeah" if you've heard that one
@@PIZZAdayisback I think Fotunate Son also works
thank you!!! i had no idea the song had such a significant history and how, frankly, western culture has bastardized it. id love to hear more about south Asian music history !!
Thank you for commenting! I might do my next video on either the rapper Hanumankind or the song Brown Munde
I love the tune and I get what you're saying about it being bastardised and stereotyped, but it is actually based on (and partially samples) the theme song from night rider, so the song itself takes from western culture.
@@TheBrownExperienceNa do one about the British Asian Music scene. Pioneers like Bally Saggoo, Rishi Rich Crew, Apache Indian, RDB, Gubi Sandhu, the Desi Garage Scene & the British Asian Labels such as Moviebox, Untouchable Records, ABC Records etc. These are the giants who paved the way for what the Desi scene is of today across the globe. Bear in mind India & North America was inspired by us Brit Desi's. We was the one's who invented the scene & the raves. If it wasn't for us then we wouldn't have people like AP Dhillon, Karan Aujla & Jasmine Sandlas. These lot came to the UK & lived here to learn Production & the Music Industry. A lot of people don't know the actual history.
@@McSliksOnline Yh this does sound like an interesting topic. I do know about those old channels. I think I need to do more research about the influence but that does sound like a good video idea
@@TheBrownExperience dont do brown munde the artist is canadian, people might get triggered
I actually found this song while browsing for more Indian music. I’m a Desi kid who’s trying to connect more with her culture, so the song has a special place in my heart… BUT I do think it’s overplayed, and there’s so much more Indian music to appreciate. Plus, when a song becomes not an impetus to engage more with a culture, but instead becomes a stereotype, we got a problem.
@@IEnjoyChai That’s awesome to hear ❤️ and yeah I definitely agree with your last point. The song has unfortunately been ruined but if it comes on in the right setting then it’s guaranteed to go crazy
honestly you wishing to connect with your culture is beautiful, if you ever need song reccs just reply to this comment and I'll send you a few. Some Indian songs are an instant hit of nostalgia for me.
i didnt expect this video to be from a small channel and to have so little comments!! this is a very professional video and im blessed by having this recommended !!
@@thedogsarestarved Wow thank you so much for the kind words 🙏🏽. I really appreciate it. New videos on the way! 👀
Half of Indians especially from south and east of India have not heard this song, let alone it represents entire south east Asia.
Yh but people in Western Countries think it does
As a Black American watching this I'm both stunned and not surprised at all by Indian folks and their music culture being reduced down to this one song. An entire ethnicity getting pigeon-holed into a single genre of music is nothing new, but a SINGLE song is wild!! That's like playing gangnam style nonstop at any Korean person and reducing K-pop to that ONE song. Did "Naatu Naatu" breakthrough a little bit as a the default "Indian Song"? Either way I'm definitely going to check out some of the artists you mentioned.
Thank you for watching! I'd say 'Naatu Naatu' was definitely a major moment in Indian representation. It was also significant because it's a South Indian song whereas the song I'm talking about is North Indian. Both songs are in completely different languages which makes your point about "pigeon-holing" even more prevalent. Also I've got a playlist of Desi song recs In my community tab if you want more music to listen to 🤝
indian is not an ethnicity. its a race/nationality
Saji Sharma brought me to this video, he was plugging small creators
Thanks Saji :)
@@BX56_YT yh fr shoutout to Saji and shoutout to you for commenting 🙏🏽
the first time i found the song and listened to it on my own time I genuinely fell in love with it, ESPECIALLY THE BASS. That jay remix is hard too
@@fettywapsmissingeye FR North Indian instruments produce some great sounds
AGREED SO HARDDD
@@TheBrownExperience THIS
I’m with you that Mundian Te Bach Ke needs to be reclaimed, and that it would be awesome to see it used as a gateway for westerners to discover other Punjabi music. But I wouldn’t put so much blame on Dev Patel himself for the use of the song in the Monkey Man trailer. From what I know about the film industry, directors generally don’t have any say over trailers or other marketing material
@@ItsIntelligentDesign Good point. I don’t blame him at all tbh. I think he just needed a song which most people could resonate with and that would be recognisable. Ironically, the Jay Z remix kind of fits the vibe of the trailer.
Mundian te bach ke and tunak tunak introduced me to punjabi music ngl absolute bangers
Punjabi bhangra is to Indian music is what Puerto Rican reggaeton is to Latin music.
It's formulaic, marketable and catchy, but that also means it's the small slice that ends up drowning out an entire spectrum of culture on the world stage.
@@dhillaz interesting take. I feel like other parts of India has the potential for music to blow up (like we saw with Naatu naatu) but it just needs to be recognised.
As a Brit from the whitest part of England my brother had this as his ringtone in like 2004 when we first got phones aged 9 and 10. I was shocked hearing kids playing this on guitar like how do they even know it? Shame a song we thought was a bop has been used in such a horrible way :/ sorry to hear it
@@CustardCream515 The song still is a bop for me but yh unfortunately some people have to ruin a good thing 🤷🏽♂️. Thank you for leaving a comment
In Brazil, Indian songs started to get recognition through a soap opera called "Caminho das Índias" (Path To The Indies), which is an all time favourite here.
The soundtrack was very diverse, but nowadays, after educating myself, I know most of those songs were very stereotypical, although undeniable hits.
Still, even knowing the meaning of each song and to which traditions they belong or refer to, I love most of them.
Kajra-re, Nagada Nagada, Sajna Ve Sajna, Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah, and Beedi are still bops to me. And now that I also actually know Bollywood apart from the stereotype, I'm glad to have been introduced to such a rich industry and such amazing traditions through the soap opera.
@@Artemisia_Sarabi1340 that’s awesome to hear 🙏🏽
Not gonna lie, if that plays in a club (1:28), I'm hopping in! Yes, it's quite stereotypical for us but it is a banger!!
@@aarnavsrivastava8041 hahaha fair enough
Well as someone from TamilNadu, I feel dumbfounded about the ignorance when someone mentions this song as a signature to the entire subcontinent.
My Bros from Tamil Malayalam Kannada Telugu Marathi Gujarati Bengali Assamese Bhojpuri Odiya Dogri. etc... If you ever get hit with this stereotypical song please vehemently oppose and reject.
@@NAYouTuCA 💯
Dogri is veryy similar to Punjabi
@@smoothies-hz9fx We can associate this song with JK, HP, UK, HR and DL
No i m frm kerala and any song from india ll be accapeted as ours just the language has to be indian..indian langauge = our culture and we ll accept it..tamil people are crazy about their language so they wont accept any lang except tamil...so don take this guys cmnts seriously..tamil andu is a state where people will fight if a namebaord or anything is not tamil and if a person doesnt speak tamil they get offended...if u cant even accept this then whats the point of having a country india?
@@araujo3498 people like you are the reason why Britishers rule us for 200 year's
I can't fathom being a grown adult and doing something so juvenile as playing that song to someone randomly. It just reeks of ignorance.
Anyway anyone who likes metal should 100% check out bloodywood
@@xionic1194 Fr it’s a very weird thing to do
How though? I laugh out loud whenever I hear the song and i am brown. Don't be soo stuck-up.
still goes hard at weddings
@@3HUNNAGLORYBOY Facts 💯
I am a 16 panjabi guy who migrated from India 1 and half a year ago many of our brown people are innocent enough to not know that they are being made of this song destroyed my high school freshman year i genuinely thought they are embracing my culture by playing that song but after sometime time i started hearing that song often i enter any class then i found that those mf are making fun of me i used to fight those mf but now i changed my circle and i would like to recommend you some desi hip hop artists talha anjum & seedhe maut for hindi/urdu and sikander kahlon for panjabi language
@@lamedude8976 Damn bro it’s unfortunate to hear you went through that. Good to hear you changed your circle. Also I’m fully aware of all those artists that you just mentioned and have a few Seedhe Maut songs on my playlist. I’m a major Desi Hip Hop fan and more vids around that topic should be coming soon 👀
@@TheBrownExperience try sikander kahlon he is so underrated his 100 bars 2 is straight facts and thanks for making this video I would like to see more videos from you some day I will also start creating content like you
@@lamedude8976 Go for it bro 👊🏽
couldve played cotton eye joe in return
@@guranshsingh3215 🤣🤣
The algorithm fed this to me and did not disappoint!
@@jaden_shah Woah this is hitting the algorithm? That’s crazy. Thank you so much for commenting 🙏🏽
A question that I thought wasn't touched upon much was why is it always Punjabi music? Mumbai has a pretty good rap scene, the South gets practically no representation at all. People in the west don't seem to know anything Indian that might exist outside of Punjab.
Imagine the absurdity of say, being a Tamilian in an anglo country and people playing Mundiyan to bach ke around you. It's like playing an Italian song around a Norwegian and saying 'This your song right? You're European right?' Or playing Mongolian throat singing to an Indonesian.
I mean Punjabi music is very influential in the West and even in India. I think it’s to do with the fact that the majority of people who move out of India are from Punjab so they can spread the music a lot faster. And I agree the South does have a pretty good rap scene with guys like Divine. I think they just need another Gully Boy moment
@@TheBrownExperience Divine is not from South. But I do agree Punjabi musical components are used pretty often in indian music from other regions. Despite that I'll say mumbai hip hop and even telegu hip hop have their own distinct sound, they just don't hit it big with the nri crowd.
@@beatlesbeetwif8022 Oh Yh I forgot Mumbai isn’t considered South. Yh Idk if that sound can make it big
@@TheBrownExperience For a South Indian rapper who raps in English check out Brodha V. There are others who rap in their mother tongues, but they may not all come with subtitles.
@@EagleOverTheSea I like his song with Kr$na
I wish they would play a song everytime i walked out, "I'm black y'all, and I'm black y'all
And I'm blackety black and I'm black y'all"
LOL that’s basically what this song is for brown people
The funny part is in India this song is definitely still a banger and it's played at a lot of weddings and clubs here. I imagine that for NRIs it doesn't hit the same because they only know it in this racist context of white people not knowing Indian music, but when I went to Vietnam, a DJ saw me in the club and played this song, I danced like a madman because I genuinely fuck with this song.
@@theguy5898 the songs great but has just been misused for sure in the West
plethora of songs from a billion dollar industry and one indie song from a punjabi rapper establishing itself as stereotypical indian song is just crazy.
really shows you the internet can literally do anything
Yh it’s weird how THIS ONE became the song when there’s loads to choose from. Power of the internet is crazy
the original sample comes from the song “na de dil pardesi nu” by mohammad sadiq and ranjeet kaur. it goes equally hard i think
@@eamonnschnell5373 Just checked that out and yes it does go equally as hard
That's a different song lol. Mundian to Bach ke is a different song.
@@singhanmolpreet5935 for sure but it uses the main melody in na de dil as a sample.
@@eamonnschnell5373 no, you're talking about two different things. The Pardesi song is a different song, that was also remixed by punjabimc. But the song in this video is an entirely different song altogether. The two are not related
Isn't the tune part of the Punjabi folk music?@@singhanmolpreet5935
Inside Man's "Chhaiya Chhaiya" is a banger.
@@viridianite facts
It's a shame that these people are missing out on real indian classical music.
@@safetypin127 fr
Nah that ain't a stereo type it's a banger
@@TheMonkeyLord-wn6tz definitely a banger
Feel like Puerto Ricans can sorta relate with Gasolina by Daddy Yankee but I don’t think it was used as overtly racist as Mundian Ton Bach Ke. Hopefully we can see someone get that breakout hit that transcends cultures from an Indian artist soon. I’ll be checking out those recommendations
@@AngeltheAnswer thank you for watching. Yh I remember that Gasolina song. And also I think Hanumankind might be the guy to do that. Probably going to be my next video
being from India, we love this song. no party is complete with Mundian toh bach ke. and whenever its playing, the song compels us to atleast head bop, if not dance. And Tunak Tunak Tun is even more iconic than this. Me and my friends are not Punjab and we don't know bhangra, but it'll be a competition on who can do a better bhangra whenever Daler Mehndi's song plays.
But i don't know what the NRI are facing outside India, I don't think I can ever be bullied by any of these songs. Yeah but Lovebomber baby is Kryptonite for me.
But if you want the One song that every North Indian bops to listen to Dil Lutiya by Jazzy B. If you ever see a group of Indians, play that song and everyone will enjoy it.
Yo that's awesome to hear haha! I might even do a video on Tunak Tunak. Also yeah Dil Lutiya is a classic too
Tunak Tunak is more popular outside of Punjab than in Punjab tbh, I'm Punjabi and never hear it played at our functions, also haven't heard Mundian Toh Bach Ke played in a long time. But other Punjabi MC songs get played alot, like Dhol Jageero Da, and Main Hogeya Sharabi.
But you're right about Dil Luteya, it is 100% played everytime lol, along with some other Jazzy B songs.
@@boredguy5805 tunak tunak is the next video 👀
It’s a banger only when played in India. Outside India, it’s just become a weird racist meme.
@@aishwarya2426 Hmmm I feel like in the West it could go off but just in the right setting. But Yh you’re right it has just been used for casual racism recently
It’s a banger in India???
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@kiuk_kiks yes
@@kiuk_kiks i mean in weddings it sure is!
@@niu.06 Never saw it being played in wedding. Maybe punjabi wedding.
I myself am not Desi, but I have witnessed this song being played to make fun of multiple Desi classmates or stereotype them even if they didn’t have ties to the country of India. A lot of boys who would get in trouble would play it to Desi classmates of mine and sometimes also make fun of their accents as well from the time of late elementary/middle school to high school, I had no idea what to do, it was in front of the teachers a lot of times too. The victims of this bullying, for lack of a better word would just play it off like they were in on it and not bothered by it. I wonder how many of them were actually okay with it and how many were annoyed or even hurt by it in some way. I wish that I had more resources at the time to deal with things like this.
Yh it’s unfortunate that what is supposed to be celebrated is used as a stereotype tbh
Crazy that my Indian friend was just telling me that her whole class sang this song, as well as Shape of You
that's crazy
as a filipino, this song was actually a bop to me when i first heard it when i was like 11 years old. hell, when i was listening to it at the time, it was not even the original, but rather a remix. no, it wasn't jay z, but was even close to the original, which i only heard several years later. still, i have yet to find that specific remix after all these years.
I like AndreAntunes on TH-cam, he's white and Brazilian I think, but he turns regular SEA songs into rock/ heavy metal ballads and they're a lot of fun even if you're not a rock fan.
@@austincde yo I just checked out his “kajra re” one it’s too fire 🔥
wow thanks for the shoutout!
and OMG thank you for mentioning the sidemen thing, I occasionally watched their videos and literally the very SECOND Vikkstar showed up on screen, they would zoom in on him and Mundian To Bach Ke started playing, even as a teenager I found that so bizarre.
also MC Gawthi is another good Marathi rapper.
Yo! Thank you for watching. Yh I like Vikkstar but he set us back by allowing that to happen. Also thank you for putting me on to that rapper 🤝 I’ll check him out!
5:22 I'm Indian and as someone who grew up in the 2000's , I've genuinely never heard this song being played here in India , not in any wedding nor any functions, etc. The only times I've heard this song being used is in online South Asian related memes or media usually from western countries.
Hmm maybe it’s played at Western weddings then 🤔
@@TheBrownExperience do the western desi population play this song during weddings? I've never heard it being played here , maybe because there are soo many other "party" songs, that this song just gets forgotten.
@@bibhuchhetri5421 I’ve heard it at weddings and seen videos of it being played
which state are you from because specially in Delhi NCR, this song is extremely popular. Every houseparty, birthday party, wedding, holi, everywhere
You must have lived under a rock. This song was everywhere in India. It was also used as a OST for the Bollywood movie Boom.
I cut off a friend because he kept playing that song. I’m a Bangladeshi-American, not even full Bangladeshi, not even West Bengal. Plus, he’s so dumb that I can’t even explain that to him, so I just say I’m Indian as they don’t ask anything else. He kept playing that song and put it as his ringtone. I pretended I was fine with it, only because I liked the song, but at the same time it did perpetuate that I was actually fine with it and he could play any stereotypical music around me. He also makes 9/11 jokes around me all the time. And, I can’t even stay away from him because he can’t tell that I actually don’t wanna be friends with him.
Also, what a great video man! My school played this for an 8th grade Bhangra performance (my school’s dance program teaches multiple dances from across the world) and I had no idea why it was being played. Now, I know that it was the perfect song for the dance teacher to use… still hurts that she would use a stereotypical Desi song. She probably chose it as there are like, 3 Desi kids in all of the school? Whatever… You taught me a lot today, and yeah this song is a banger
Damn that’s unfortunate to hear. At least you cut him off though. Thank you for your kind words about the video 🙏🏽
why would he make 9/11 jokes on a Bengali guy 😂 Its like making 'no water in africa' jokes to a black american 😂
Make it clear what you are and are not okay with. If he still pushes your boundaries then it's fair to cut him off. But don't cry about it beforehand like you didn't approve of his behavior.
@@TarunXDMuslim, lol 😂
@@playz8538fair, fair, fair. it’s my fault that I even accepted it in the first place.
Bruh same in Russia... I study as a student of medicine there and once we were out near a Lake, nice hangout place on a weekend, one group of Russian people saw us and started playing this song... Now it's a stereotype everywhere maah gawwd... I like the song... Btw those Russians were chill
It's pretty insane that nothing past 90s Indian culture permeated to the west that influentially. I wonder why that is. "Why This Kolaveri" was a viral hit but it didn't have the staying power of this. I can't honestly think of any other examples that come even slightly close.
Hmm it is an interesting question. I’m not too sure either. Hopefully we can see a despacito type song from the Indian music scene
just imagine someone from South India goes into a club and they play this, he will definitely do not get it
True, it is so annoying these days. The funny part is, it is not even actually Indian(It was made in UK). I'm pissed why great singers and composers of India like RD Burman, Elayaraja or AR Rahman are unknown and people think this is "the" song that comes from India.
Yh there’s a lot more talent in India which people should discover
The stares are crazy when a DJ plays this. At festivals it can be fun, but in clubs it sucks
@@wintutorials2282 Fr bro
as an Indian... i just like the song...
@@cansrick1806 I like the song too 🤷🏽♂️
As a white Brit I just like the song too! Racists always find a way to be racist but it's especially frustrating (to put it mildly) when they twist ordinary things, even nice things like music, into a weapon to be used against people.
I'm not Indian and I've been listening to this song and tunak tunak tun for over a decade now just because they are great songs, I've never noticed them to actually be directed towards anyone (mostly because clubing is a waste of money and I keep off short form content like TikTok) but you have opened my eyes to how it could definitely be used racially when directed towards a person or group of people.
I see what your saying in this video and me personally ill continue to play these songs with my family out of love for the music, Ill be sure to never assume that just because someone is Indian they would enjoy to hear the Indian music I casually listen to, its unfortunate that people would over play these songs in such a way that its now a stereotype.
@@superalbbatross Yh it is unfortunate. They definitely are great songs which shifted the culture though so you should keep playing them
I'm so glad TH-cam is recommending smaller creators like this to me!
But boy it was hard to watch that compilation at the start, especially feeling bad for that poor guy who had to interact with ishowspeed
Thank you 🙏🏽! And I think Speed with Daler Mehndi was equally as hard to watch 😖
The funny thing is most Indians call this song "balle balle" paired with the Bhangra steps haha
Lol I've heard this before
Speaking as a black guy with no skin in the game, it's not just that the song is stereotypical, it's annoying as hell. I recently discovered Sidu Mossewala thanks to Trap Lore ross. Bham Bole is a banger, and the video goes hard. I don;t even speak Punjabi but I still rock with it.
@@Screwfacecapone RIP Sidhu fr
Not people ad-libbing Indian lyrics.
They played this at a club in Osaka for us 😭
@@nikhilgeorge37 Osaka?? Yh this song is worldwide 🤯
I think a lot of Westerners don't really understand the differences between large, non-Western areas in general. Each major area is broken up into simple things that they think of because that's likely the only exposure they have had to it. Like think of how everyone assumes all Indian clothing is Saree. They probably don't even know what Lehenga is, or if you're lucky maybe they recognize shalwar kameez but that's about it. And they imagine everything is in very bright colors, which is a very dated way to look at Indian fashion. I can't count the amount of times I've heard a Westerner call any Indian clothing "saree" even when it's not remotely the same silhouette. I am myself a Westerner, but I'm a huge fashion, dance and music fan and spent years learning about these things so I have much more exposure and knowledge than the average person over here does. I enjoy learning about traditional clothing in general, have always loved textiles and clothing history, so I notice this about other cultures, too. Like anything Northern Asian people see as kimono. It can be a historical Chinese drama and a random white person sees "kimono". It's sad, really. I am from the USA and we have so many different cultures living here yet many Americans are still very ignorant about them. I remember once at work someone said something about going to South Korea and a coworker said "That sounds like a really dangerous place!" to which my shocked self retorted "South Korea has some of the lowest crime rates in the world!" and she stared at me with this confused look on her face. It was then I realized this full grown, middle aged woman didn't know the difference between North and South Korea. 🤦♀
Yh I think they do just have a certain image of India/Indians in their head in terms of food, clothing and music which obviously doesn't reflect the many different cultures within the country and all the variations
The Reddit post equated it to a cliche song that foreigners listen to when they think of France while it doesn’t have the same following. That’s the opposite of claiming that everyone in India listens to it. Case in point, the recent Olympics featured some famous chansons everyone knows but that does mean everyone listens to it.
Foreigners thinking Mundian Ton Bach Ke and Tunak Tunak Tu are the only Indian music shouldn't be a surprise to us cause they also only think that Butter Chicken and Chicken Tikka Masala are the only Indian food.
Lmao spot on 🎯
Huh. Didn't know it was a big deal in the west.
Most Punjabi music is just standard wedding music in India, doesn't matter if it's a Punjabi wedding or not.
Fascinating.
Yh it is pretty big in the west
Can confirm, extremely big here especially in movies and clubs bout as big as Bel Biv Devoe - Poison, when it comes on people collectively lose their minds but as far as the reasons behind it varies person to person and generation to generation but the song is beloved regardless
As a brazilian, I gotta say that I kinda relate to that. Because being from Brazil, I consequently am Latin-american because our country was founded by Portuguese navigators, and their language comes from Latin, just like French (spoken in Haiti, a Latin country in Central America). But the thing is, everybody associates Latin america with music genres that come from the hispanic countries near Brazil, such as salsa, tango and cumbia, which are definitely beautiful music, but most people here are not familiar with it at all, and each one of the latin countries have their own identities and different styles of music. I'm not familiar with Indian music, but the sound of different kinds of indian music has always been very interesting to me, from Mundian to bach ke to Beatles songs with sitar and tambura in them. Greetings from Brazil to India!
@@JoseArturLimaLira-rg9oj that’s really interesting to hear. I know the Brazilian song Parado no bailao. Shoutout to Brazil 💪🏽
Panjabi MC will always have a special place in my heart.
I’ve grown up in an area that’s pretty much dominated by Punjabi culture. I’ve only ever heard this song from Indians! I was so confused at first cuz I Didn’t know what song you were referencing until you played it. I recognize it yes but didn’t know it was that well known.
And I’m slowly learning im just living under a rock this whole time
Thanks
I’m listening to Case now
Incidentally for whiite men who were 10 year old boys in the early ‘80s Mundian to Bach ke is still basically a remix of the theme tune to Knight Rider an action adventure series starring David Hassellhof and his talking car that was on just before dinner time
Which shows that context might be even more important than you already said
Thank you for watching! Also yes I was going to make the Knight Rider point in my vid. It was in the script but I forgot to say it
Us Punjabis are built different
IMMM SOOO GLAD U MADE THIS VIDEO. and not just about one specific south asian country. But brown people as a unity.
@@obsidikhanblock5672 100% that’s the ethos of my channel. AP Dhillon could’ve called his song “Indian munde” or “Punjabi Munde” but he chose to call it Brown Munde. That’s why my channel is called: “The Brown Experience” 😎
I started tweakin when they used the song in the Monkey Man trailer
@@davidpaw22 😭😭
went to a resort in mexico earlier this year where they had a dj one of the nights. as soon as my family walked in the dj started playing this song BUT also played a couple other hindi/punjabi classics
Leading with Panjabi MC is wild 😭 at least they tried playing something else
mate this is such a good video essay, i never would have thought about this if it werent for you. subscribed xx
@@iwantmybed3090 Thank you so much 🙏🏽
i mean causal racism against us goin crazy on twitter like i have seen worse thing
@@loveublonded Yh but this is up there 🤷🏽♂️
If you really want to hear a beautiful indian song that will lift your heart and your soul listen to
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
Yh I’ve heard this one before. Great song.
I'm Cuban and I understand. My culture is always broken down to Desi Arnaz and sandwiches. Great job, Chico!
Thank you for watching 🤝
I came across this video and only halfway through I realized how small your channel is (which is an absolute crime imo). They way you put your thoughts into words is so succinct and the edits are perfectly timed. Immediate sub! All the wishes to your success!
@@dataexpunged6969 Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏🏽! New videos coming soon
I'm a white guy and I unironically love this song! Of course I don't use it to stereotype South Asian people, but I didn't know it was used like that. Good to know the history behind it regardless
Thank you for watching man 🙏🏽
Bro they played Mundian Toh Bachke at our PROM 💀
Promptly forced the DJs to play Sheila Ki Javaani and Kinna Sona
Mundian ton bach ke at prom is an interesting choice lol. It could go off depending on the setting. One of the clips I played at the end of my video is from a prom. But yeah only using that song is wild ngl. It made sense to give the DJ other songs lol
I am pretty sure Dev Patel had no control over marketing and that sort of company would pick it exactly because the beat fits perfectly and the lines also have relevance to the film with lines like beware the boys.
Bhangra music just in its sort of beat or structure to me seems to fit great for hip-hop.
I heard it before but had no idea it was used so inappropriately but very interesting video. Thank you for bringing it to my attention
@@Henbot fair point. I think I read somewhere that Dev was very hands on with the film so maybe he did 🤷🏽♂️. Thank you for watching too!
I thought of tunak tunak tun.
@@pingpong5877 that’s the next video 👀
My phone is listening...🧐I was just talking with my man about how this song still hits. Just like EVERY Great one hit wonder.
Happened to me in the Netherlands lmao. The uni I was in was quite small, only 750-1000 students across all 3 years and I was one of the 8 Indian students there. You walk into the campus bar and they'll immediately start playing this although one time, they did play Chammak Challo...which wasn't even sung by an Indian, it was sung by Akon 😭
Ay at least they diversified it with the 'chammak chalo'
Every country has stereotypical popular song ngl. I personally don't have an issue with it. Though conclusion people derive form that can be less than ideal or just stupid.
@@testacals This is true but do people from other countries immediately get recognised by DJs and have their songs start playing in front of them 🤔
It’s not just about stereotyping; there’s a tinge of mockery associated with this song.
@@TheBrownExperience Idk. I am not from the west. All Ik is there is tons of stereotype related to every country. The main issue seems to me that the song somehow (Probably because India being the only country with actual soft power in SA) got associated with an entire race instead of just a nationality.
@@testacals Yh I agree with this comment tbf
I grew up in a mostly white small town and the amount of times I heard this song was in the thousands
Crazy that it managed to hold significance for over 20 years
I didn't even think this was the song you would talk about! I was sure it was gonna be Slumdog Millionaire ending song - Jai Ho. That's the first song I ever think about when I think of Indian songs 😂
lool Jai Ho is a certified banger
Despite being in an international school where half of the student body is brown, it definitely doesn’t help that my school plays Mundiyan To Bach Ke for every Diwali celebration EVERY SINGLE YEAR 😭😭😭 last time I checked the song has nothing to do with Diwali lmfao
Also regarding recommendations of other Indian artists, I’d recommend Raghav, one of his songs, Angel Eyes, samples a Jamaican song called Murder She Wrote, it’s great :)
Thank you for the recommendation! Also Yh playing this at Diwali is wild 😭
Bro you're underrated great video btw 👍
@@Rabina_das08 Thank you 🙏🏽
As a black girl, I’ve heard this song everywhere while growing up (I grew up around mostly Bengali, Pakistani, Hindi, Punjabi and Greek people.) and I also used to play this song on Just Dance. To me, this song reminds me of when I was a kid, NOW I do find that it is VERY OVERPLAYED and there are other songs that people can recommend/use instead of this one ya know. If you’re interested just do some research and you’ll find a whole world of music that you’ll probably enjoy… it’s not that hard. My mom did it when she used to buy compilation CD’s of Indian music and Arabic music, like I said earlier I’m black so being introduced to such different music at a young age really made me appreciate it more as I got older.🤍
Yh for sure I agree with you
In reality most of south indians dont even know about this song as bhangra songs are not popular here also monkey man is a good film action wise but come on bro he stereotyped more than that it seems dev patel visited india rarely every western film there is only two types of people extremely rich or slum people the transgender hate and even even spiritual leaders controlling the nation ... Felt like propaganda
Sorry didn't mean to give a review of the film
I am a supply teacher and was teaching RE to a class of hyper students about Diwali. Some students started humming this song, so to make it extra boring and learn about cultural sensitivity we started a discussion about the iktara instrument and how it can be used to make music. Before completing the lesson. I guess the music lesson took the fun out of it so they settled down.
Mundian To Bach Ke is still a banger that slaps hard, I think it never gets old. It’s right up there with Gasolina and Despacito, alongside Tunak Tunak Tun. I think sometimes we get too caught up in how these songs are used and throw shade their way, but often it's just a case of not knowing any better. When someone blasts Mundian To Bach Ke, they might just be trying to bridge a cultural gap, giving a shoutout like, “Hey, I see you” by playing the ONE song they know, because it’s an absolute banger...
Hmmm I don't think everyone will see it that way though
@@TheBrownExperience And I agree, Racism certainly exists, however, what I believe is that the offensive behavior often stems from sheer ignorance rather than malice.
@@Feuer_Kampfer I agree
is still a banger mane & far cry 4 had JOGI - PUNJABI MC, still one of the best game ever made.
Yh Jogi was the song in Far Cry 4 forgot to mention that lol
It’s La Cucaroacha for the ‘jeets
I've watched Every Child is Special and I legit love the songs that's been used in there, despite having zero idea what they're singing at.
I just wish we get to hear those songs like this rather than the mainstream ones that's just overused in TikTok.
But still tho that dingidingidingi is a masterpiece.
@@jamieagnad1918 it is a banger 🤷🏽♂️
@@TheBrownExperience
*dingingigngi* *dingingigngi.*
The song itself goes hard, but if you see an Indian person and think "damn i gotta play that Indian song" thats weird
Yh lol
Just came across your channel. Insightful video, you've earned a sub
Thank you 🙏🏽
Had no idea the song has gotten to be such a charged thing for Indians overseas.
@@EH012 Yh unfortunately it has become annoying
@@TheBrownExperience it's absurd! I mean, maybe it's fun enough for the first *decade* but it's WILD that this is a thing
@@EH012 Yh it’s been 20 years 😭
Went to a wedding the other day, this shit came on. Only other brown guy there turns to me and says "this is you bro" after all his white mates were onto him tryna get him to dance. Had to tell him I'm not Indian. It's cool to see South-Asian culture being recognised etc. but this song kinda just herds all brown people under one identity. I'm half Sri-Lankan, half Australian and the amount of time's I've had to say "ahaha yeah bro I'm not Indian idk this song" (even though I've heard it a million times before unwillingly) is crazy. Shout out M.I.A
@@reshy1373 the fact that it was another brown guy telling you this is wild 😭
Very well put together video 👏🏽, can't wait to see more from you! (also thanks for the shout out)
@@thejagnoorsingh Likewise my guy 🤝
Say what you want. Its a banger!
@@mr.champlinssciencechannel906 can’t deny that
U got Dev Patel on ur pfp... U earned my subscribe✨
Haha appreciate it ❤️
i liked the take on "Mundian tu bachke" when i heard it in monkey man trailer. I thought Dev intentionally chose this stereotypical song added a bunch of drums to it and made it an absolute banger so it can go well with the action but i 100 agree with you on you using an underrated artist's songs.
@@shaunstark1365 Yo thanks for watching! And Yh if it was Dev who chose it then he should’ve known better lol
That's my guy PMC. He told me the secret recepee to a Timeless Anthem that shaped a entire genre. What you folks didn't know the production is created by various Samples apart from the Tumbi, Dhol & Vocals. Big props to Vocalist Ustaad Labh Janjua saab for his sensational melodies.
@@McSliksOnline he’s a legend fr. Also RIP Labh Janjua
@@TheBrownExperience Bhai you may like Zack Knight's version of Mundian Bach Ke, his version is more modern for the younger audience like us: th-cam.com/video/L3HUq5Z0Aeo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-LO0lKpCAd1H8Fqy
If you want to listen forever Punjabi gold music with good beats...here is my top 5 picks for you...
1. Taarey gin gin by Sukhbir
2. Nachan nu jee krda... By Tigerstyle
3. Challa... By Gurdas Mann
4. Chocolate...by Diljit Dosanjh
5. Jeeney mera dil lutiya... By Jazzy B
@@AKSInfamous thank you for the recs 🤝