Six13 - Era-lution of Taylor Swift (Chanukah's version)

Let's bring some much-needed light into the world! On that note 🎵, what better holiday than Chanukah, and what brighter star is there right now than the inimitable @TaylorSwift? 👩 Illuminate your lights and take a fun stroll through the #eras with us, featuring our signature #Chanukah spin on 13 (of course) T-Swift tunes plus the reprise of a Six13 classic. #ChagSameach!

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LYRICS

Check out the Era-lution SINGALONG SHEET for complete lyrics!

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Based on the music of Taylor Swift:

0:00 "Chanukah Story" (Six13's version) | "Love Story" (Taylor's version)
0:21"Judah Maccabee" (Six13's version) | "You Belong With Me" (Taylor's version)
0:37 "They Defiled The Temple" (Six13's version) | "I Knew You Were Trouble" (Taylor's version)
0:56 "We May Never Ever Know The Proper Letters" (Six13's version) | "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (Taylor's version)
1:18 "Great Neis" (Six13's version) | "Blank Space" (Taylor's verison)
1:38 "Sour Cream" (Six13's version) | "Wildest Dreams" (Taylor's version)
1:49 "Bad Luck" (Six13's version) | "Bad Blood" (Taylor's version)
2:00 "...Ready For it" (Six13's version) | "...Ready For It?" (Taylor's version)
2:16 "I'm Proud To Be A Jew" (Six13's version) | "Look What You Made Me Do" (Taylor's version)
2:24 "We'll Never Back Down" (Six13's version) | "You Need To Calm Down" (Taylor's version)
2:46 "Antiochus" (Six13's version) | "Anti-Hero" (Taylor's version)
3:06 "Latkes" (Six13's version) | "Karma" (Taylor's version)
3:16 "Judah and His Brothers" (Six13's version) | "Cruel Summer" (Taylor's version)
3:42 "Chanukah" (Six13's version) | "Shake It Off" (Taylor's version)

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CREDITS

Music and original lyrics by Taylor Swift, Liz Rose, Max Martin, Shellback, Kendrick Lamar, Ali Payami, Jack Antonoff, Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli, Joel Little, Jack Antonoff, Sounwave, Jahaan Sweet, Keanu Beats and Annie Clark
Six13’s lyrics by Lior Melnick, Noga Melnick, Racquel Glickman, Mike Boxer and Elliot Olshansky
Arranged by Mike Boxer
Recorded by Six13
Additional recording by David Ross
Edited by Jeff Eames
Mixed by Ed Boyer
Mastered by Eric Scholz
Wardrobe by Carl Haber
Cover art by Lior Melnick
Produced by Mike Boxer
 
Video filmed, directed, edited and produced by David Khabinsky, Daled Studios

Special thanks to Hashem, our loving families, all our incredible audio and video production staff, our alumni, our amazing fans, all of our music teachers, Shira Boxer, Andrew Hoskins, and of course Taylor Swift.

Six13 is:
Mike Boxer | Carl Haber | Aaron Kohl
Lior Melnick | Chaim Moskowitz | Craig Resmovits
Nathaniel Ribner | Josh Sauer | Mordy Weinstein
 
(c) 2023 Six13

[SixSings]

LYRICS:

"Chanukah Story" (to the tune of "Love Story")

Candles glow just like the Menorah in days of old
Miracles drove the mighty Greeks out of our home
One vial of oil, it lasted for eight days
Chanukah story, that's when we say...
Neis

"Judah Maccabee" (to the tune of “You Belong With Me")

With Judah leading all his brothers and the brave Jews
Fought the Grecian army
And it made Jews free
Judah Maccabee
Judah Maccabee

"They Defiled The Temple" (to the tune of "I Knew You Were Trouble")

They defiled the Temple when they walked in
But we drove them right out
Jews, we fought hard against the Seleucids
Now we're lighting candes tall and proud
Oh! Oh...
The Temple, Temple, Temple

"We May Never Ever Know The Proper Letters" (to the tune of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together")

We may never, ever, ever know the proper letters
We may never, ever, ever know the proper letters
Are there one or two K's? Does it start with H, or C?
We may never, ever, ever use the proper letters

"Great Neis” (to the tune of "Blank Space")

Cause we're feeling so festive
It's time for Chanukah
Let's say those blessings
And have a sufganiyah
I wish they made Starbucks latkes
To eat beside the flame
We tell of a great neis, zaidy
For eight nights and days

"Sour Cream" (to the tune of "Wildest Dreams")

Red flames are twinkling
Saying "Al Hanissim"
Eating lots of latkes with sour cream

"Bad Luck" (to the tune of "Bad Blood")

‘Cause, baby, now I got bad luck
All I wanted was gimmel
But all I'm spinning is nun
‘Cause, baby, now I got bad luck, hay!

"...Ready For It"

Lighting candles every night
And they gleam
I know I'm gonna eat fried foods
And they'll taste divine
Getting ready for it...

"I'm Proud To Be A Jew"
(to the tune of "Look What You Made Me Do")

Ooh! I'm proud to be.a Jew
Our pride is strong and true
I'm so proud to be a Jew (2x)

"We'll Never Back Down" (to the tune of "You Need To Calm Down")

We'll never back down
We're Jewish and proud
And I'm just like...
We'll never be stopped
So like it or not, we're sticking around

"Antiochus" (to the tune of "Anti-Hero")

We're free, guys
Thanks to G-d, we are free
It's peacetime
Now we've beaten the Greeks
Our enemies, they were relentless and they thought they broke us
It was so exulting, our defeating evil Antiochus

"Latkes" (to the tune of "Karma")

Cause latkes are potatoes
Latkes are the bomb
Latkes must be seasoned with care before we eat them
Latkes go with applesauce
We make latkes fried like that

"Judah and His Brothers" (to the tune of "Cruel Summer")

And it's true
The way that we fought off Greek rule
With strength and with passion
Let's celebrate with each other
Thanks to Judah and his brothers

All done, coming back from the war
And we cried when we saw the Temple trashed to the floor
Then we lit the menorah anew
Now we're gonna keep traditions, gonna keep Jewish
We tell G-d, "thank you for the miracles!"

"Chanukah" (to the tune of "Shake It Off")

Spin a nun and you don’t get none
And you put one in if you’re landin’ on a shin
If you wind up with a hay, you get half the total pay
But if you spin a little gimmel then you take, take, take…

Cause we’re counting up to eight, eight, eight, eight, eight
We escaped an awful fate, fate, fate, fate, fate
We're gonna celebrate, -brate, -brate, -brate, -brate
It’s Chanukah, Chanukah!

Light the candles every night, night, night, night, night
And the blessings we'll recite, -cite, -cite, -cite, -cite
For the Festival of Light, Light, Light, Light, Light
It’s Chanukah, Chanukah!

[ezrafinkelstein]

The Starbucks line cracked me up from Blank Space, I keep hearing that when I listen to the song

[Swaggy_Maddie]

I’m a Christian but I have a friend that celebrates Hanukkah & I low key like this. So I sent it to her. It reminds me of Pentatonix but if they were on a SNL skit for Hanukkah

[PeppermintTwyst]

You guys definitely are the light! Stay kindled and keep burning bright. <3

[jacklevenstadt]

Mazol Tov on another GREAT SONG
AM ISREAL CHAI ❤

[RubysLifexoxo]

Y’all I’m so awesome 4:04 that’s me and my dad when I was a baby 8 years ago. I’m 10 now! My dad started the band but he was unfortunately only in the throwback clips because he was with his mother in law who was sick. So proud of you guys! The guys are so talented and funny. Enjoy watching them and give a sub! ❤

[sorkiemernie]

Omg this is true swifty GENIUS 😂😂🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[lihizigdon]

As a Jewish Swiftie I 100% approve of this this is an absolute slay!!

[noitsbecky]

this is my new favorite video, song, mashup, parody ever. love the chiefs jersey cameo!! 😭

[idk-bhys]

Omg. I'm a Jewish Swiftie and it's like this was made for me. I'm obsessed.

[somefunny]

This is great! You all are very creative! The 13 on the hand shows you are true Swifties. I am a Swiftie in my 60's!
The man with the glasses is smiling with joy. You are all too cute! I hope many see this it is perfecting timing and a happy December for us all! Thank You!

[twostepcub]

this was genius. You outdid yourselves again this year! Thank you so so much.

[MasterSplinter]

Im not even Jewish and I love this. Awesome job

[JamieGoerke]

i've never seen anything more incredible

[MusicLover-dwgq]

As a fan of Taylor and 613 i can't stop listening to this song well done yall!

[SFBirdie]

Am I the only one who wants an entire album with the full versions of all these songs? ❤

[arthurmatthewf]

Another fastastic sendup. Keep Jewing what you Jew so well!

[jamiebeth]

the way this literally just made me emotional lol omg you guys slayed!! Happy Hanukkah to you all; Taylor would be proud <3

[chrishayden]

I look forward to this every year!!!
Awesome!

[chayakagan]

Ok WOW! I freaking love this parody. I know I say it every year but it’s true. This is such a fun song and the lyrics are so clever. Happy Chanukah 🥳