Thuppakki is Harris Jayaraj's third collaboration with director AR Murugadoss.[1] The soundtrack album consists of seven tracks. The lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay, Na. Muthukumar, Viveka and Madhan Karky, who have written over 35 pallavis for one of the songs.[2][3] Vijay, seven years after his last attempt at playback singing,[4] and Andrea Jeremiah lent their voices for the track "Google Google", a party number.[5] Though Harris Jayaraj had announced in August that Thuppakki's music launch would take place the following month,[6] the audio was eventually released on 10 October 2012, at the Park Sheraton Hotel in Chennai.[7]