Candlelight (The Maccabeats song)
"Candlelight" | |
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Single by The Maccabeats | |
Released | November 26, 2010 |
Genre | Pop, rhythm and blues |
Length | 3:42 |
Songwriter(s) | Immanuel Shalev and David Block |
"Candlelight" is a song by the band The Maccabeats that was released in November 2010. It achieved viral status. 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.
The lyrics were written by Immanuel Shalev and David Block; Uri Westrich, a medical student and alumnus, made the video.
The song reached #1 on Billboard magazine's Comedy Digital Tracks chart in December 2010.
This song led to many more Hanukkah parody and cover music videos being made by Jewish music groups.