Kali chhand is also used in singing as a type of Punjabi folk song where it is also known by its plural form, Kalian or Kaliyan.
[3] Kali is sung by only few Punjabi singers like Kuldeep Manak, Surinder Shinda and some more, but it was popularized by Kuldeep Manak[4] with Tere Tille Ton written by Dev Tharike Wala (also known as Hardev Dilgir).
The popular kali, Tere Tille Ton, belongs to this type[1] Dev Tharike Wala and Kuldeep Manak are the first personalities to introduce Kali to a common man.
One of the kalian, Tere Tille Ton, written by Dev and sung by Manak, became so popular[5] that people started regarding the singer as Kalian Da Badshah (English: King of Kalis).
[1][7] People treated his every song, after Tere Tille Ton, to be a 'kali' as ordinary people don't understand the difference between a song and kali.