Vande Mataram (album) "It was the hit of the conference." Amid great hype, the album was released on 12 August 1997, three days before the 50th anniversary of Indian independence. The Indian release had only 7 songs while the international release had two additional songs "Masoom" and "Musafir". Later "Masoom" was released in India in the album "Gurus of Peace" and "Musafir" in the album "MTV Total Mix". The album was met with overwhelming responses. Rahman became the first Indian artist of popular music to go international when "Vande Mataram" was released simultaneously in 28 countries across the world. Rahman himself performed live
Of Thee I Sing at current affairs. A chorus of reporters sings to the new president of the '17 vacations you have had since you've been here.' A politician dismisses Abraham Lincoln's pronouncement about not being able to fool all of the people all the time by remarking: 'It's different nowadays. People are bigger suckers.' ...it serves as a sigh-inducing argument for the enduring follies of American politics." Of Thee I Sing Of Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The musical lampoons American politics;