A Wicked Hanukkah

Hanukkah doesn't start until the evening of December 25th, but we already have two a cappella holiday songs using the tunes from the Broadway musical turned hit movie Wicked. The movie is already the fourth biggest film of 2024 (expected to be third after this weekend) and has grossed more than any other Broadway musical adaptation, surpassing Grease. Above you have The Maccabeats singing about Hanukkah to the tune of "Defying Gravity."  

The other Jewish a cappella group from New York, Six13, also released their song for Hanukkah 2024. It's a medley of several songs from Wicked with new lyrics, beginning with "Defying Gravity," rewritten as "Defining Destiny." If you want to sing along, the lyrics are here.



It's not the first time the two a cappella groups have latched onto the same pop culture phenomenon for Hanukkah. In 2016, both groups did song parodies using the musical Hamilton.