What Is OUR Favorite Hanukkah Latke Song? It's Not Just About Spinning and Dreidel
Hanukkah is all about singing and spinning. We'll write about spinning and the dreidel. BUT This post is about singing.
Jewish holidays go together with Jewish songs like matzo and balls, like apples and honey, like bagels and cream cheese.
Even the gentiles get into the act! It's a little known fact: several successful artists wrote hits about latkes, then changed the words because their music labels told them to.
For example, our super sleuths uncovered the original names of these famous songs:
- Snoop Dogg -- "Drop It Like It's a Hot Latke"
- Nelly Furtado -- "I'm Latke Bird"
- Madonna -- "Latke Virgin"
What Is OUR Favorite Latke Song? Maoz Tzur used to be our fave until we heard this jam from the Maccabeats. Maoz Tzur used to be our fave until we heard this jam from the Maccabeats. Well done, Jews. Yasher Koach!
The music video for "Latke Recipe," a parody of "Shut Up And Dance," originally performed by Walk the Moon
Lyrics by Spencer Garfield:
- Additional lyrics by the Maccabeats
- Arranged by Julian Horowitz
- Edited by Jeff Eames
- Mixed by Ed Boyer
- Mastered by Dave Sperandio for Vocal Mastering
- Color grading by Stuart Jackson
- Special thanks to Daniel and Jamie Schwartz
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Tonight is Hanukkah
Got everything we need
A frying pan, some oil
And a latke recipe
Let's celebrate our ancestry
We've got ooh, ooh, ooh
The latke recipe
Four potatoes, peel and grate
Shred an onion, tears streaming down your face
Then salt and pepper to your taste
Add a tablespoon of flour, a pinch of baking powder
Then add two eggs
And mix it all together
And while we stir we sing!
Tonight is Hanukkah
Got everything we need
A frying pan, some oil
For your latke recipe
Let's celebrate our victory
We've got ooh, ooh, ooh
The latke recipe
Pour enough oil to cover the pan
(Calories)
Turn up the heat but don't burn your hands
(So many calories)
Now you're ready to complete the plan
Gotta take a spoon and fill it, then press it on the skillet
Few at a time
Fry one side then the other
'Till both are golden brown
Tonight is Hanukkah
Got everything we need
A frying pan, some oil
For your latke recipe
Let's celebrate our ancestry
We've got ooh, ooh, ooh
The latke recipe
Two thousand years
Of joyous celebration
A single jar
That burned for eight days
The food we eat
As part of our tradition
Keeps that flame alive!
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
