Candlelight (The Maccabeats song)
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| "Candlelight" | |
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| Single by The Maccabeats | |
| Released | November 26, 2010 |
| Genre | Pop, rhythm and blues |
| Length | 3:42 |
| Songwriters | Immanuel Shalev and David Block |
"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]
