Jewish a cappella group the Maccabeats have released a new music video for their song “Latke Recipe” ahead of Chanukah 2015.
The song is a parody of rock band Walk The Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance,” a hit from last summer. The refrain for “Latke Recipe” goes like this:
“Tonight is Hanukkah
Got everything we need
Good friends and family here to try
Our latke recipe
Best served with applesauce, you see
We’ve got ooh, ooh, ooh
The latke recipe”
The Maccabeats “breakout hit” was another Chanukah song, “Candlelight,” released in 2010. The video for the song, a take on Taio Cruz’s then-popular club anthem “Dynamite,” has garnered 10.6 million views on YouTube.
The band has since opened for Jewish reggae star Matisyahu and performed at the White House for a reception in honor of Jewish Heritage Month.
In 2012, the Maccabeat’s covered Psy’s massively viral Gangnam-Style, in a song titled “What’s next? Sukkos Style?“
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