Candlelight (The Maccabeats song) explained

"Candlelight" is a song by the band The Maccabeats that was released in November 2010. It achieved viral status.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] The song is a transformation of Mike Tompkins's a cappella cover of the Taio Cruz song "Dynamite" to lyrics about the holiday of Hanukkah. The Maccabeats are an all-male Jewish a cappella student group that formed at Yeshiva University.^[2] ^[4] ^[5]

The lyrics were written by Immanuel Shalev and David Block; Uri Westrich, a medical student and alumnus, made the video.^[6]

The song reached #1 on Billboard magazine's Comedy Digital Tracks chart in December 2010.^[7]

This song led to many more Hanukkah parody and cover music videos being made by Jewish music groups.^[8] ^[9]

Notes and References

Web site: Ravitz . Jessica . Hanukkah video helps Jews sing new tune . CNN Belief Blog . December 3, 2010.
News: Horn . Jordana . Hanukka a cappella parody becomes YouTube hit . The Jerusalem Post . December 1, 2010.
News: Johnson . Jenna . Maccabeats wish you a happy Chanukah . The Washington Post . December 3, 2010.
Web site: Maccabeats Explode with Hannukah Song . ThirdAge.com . December 3, 2010 . 2010-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101206090153/http://www.thirdage.com/news/maccabeats-explode-hannukah-song_12-3-2010 . 2010-12-06 . dead .
Web site: 'Dynamite' Hanukkah Remix: Maccabeats Spoof Taio Cruz . The Huffington Post . November 30, 2010.
News: Hesse . Monica . Harmony group's Hanukkah anthem lights a fire on Web . The Washington Post . December 4, 2010.
Chart Beat: Best Of 2010: Part 4 . Trust . Gary . 2010-12-22 . . 1 December 2013.
Web site: Frisch . Rabbi Robyn . 2015-11-18 . My 8 Favorite Hanukkah Pop Song Parodies . 2022-12-20 . 18Doors . en-US.
Web site: 2016-11-15 . 5 Best Parody Songs for Chanukah Milwaukee Jewish Federation . 2022-12-20 . www.milwaukeejewish.org . en-US.