It’s that time again.
Every year, in the days leading up to Chanukah, some of the most popular songs in contemporary music get the Jewish parody treatment, including Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off, Taio Cruz’s Dynamite, the Black Eyed Peas’ I Got A Feeling, and many more.
Last week, popular Jewish a cappella group the Maccabeats came out with a new Chanukah-themed anthem called Latke Recipe, a parody of Walk The Moon’s hit Shut Up and Dance.
Given the fact that Adele’s Hello is the biggest song in the world right now (her new album, 25, recently made U.S. history, selling 3.38 million copies in a single week), it’s obviously quite ripe for Chanukah parody, which Jewish group Blau Bright Productions takes full advantage of with their new song, Shalom.
Of course.
The parody is a love song between like a man and a woman, like Adele’s, but infused with several tidbits about Judaism, menorahs, dreidels, and latkes, as goes the chorus:
Shalom from the other side
I must’ve spun a thousand times
To tell you I’m sorry for beating you at this game
But I promise to go easy when we play dreidel again
Shalom from the Kosher aisle
We used to shop, we used to smile
We’d get onions, eggs and potatoes with starch
Matzo meal, veggie oil, and applesauce on the top
We need more…we need more applesauce
Happy Chanukah.
