While the Indian media goes into a tizzy about Kabali’s just-released music, the university town of Rock Island, Illinois, is swaying to another Rajini number from 2007.

Composed by AR Rahman, Balleilakka from Sivaji prods even the non-Tamil speaking listener to sway. With all the ingredients of a quintessential upbeat Rahman song — a big chorus backing up the leads, a fast-paced melody and foot-tapping beat that refuses to leave your head — it had legend SP Balasubrahmanyam sing without stopping for two minutes, accompanied by Rahman’s elder sister Reihana and Benny Dayal.