8 New Songs, 1 for Each of the 8 Days

As of sundown on Wednesday (Dec. 25), Hanukkah 2024 was in full swing — bringing with it eight straight days of family, prayers, candle-lighting and, yes, music.

The canon of songs associated with the holiday is already vast and layered, from classic odes such as “Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah” and “I Have a Little Dreidel” to more contemporary hits from Adam Sandler (“The Chanukah Song”) Peter, Paul and Mary (“Light One Candle”); Too $hort (“The Hanukkah Song”) and more. But this year, a number of artists contributed even more music to the collection, with some dropping brand new compositions and others putting festive spins on beloved tracks released by other stars in previous years.

These include Israeli-American rapper Kosha Dillz’s “Dreidel Dreidel” song and music video — filmed at the heart of New York City’s Santacon to commemorate the rare overlap of Christmas Day and the first day of Hanukkah this year — a radiant dance collaboration from DJ Farbreng, Alex Clare and Matisyahu titled “Spread Light” and a fun original from Disney Jr.’s SuperKitties. Plus, Hanukkah on Broadway tapped Julie Benko for an impassioned holiday rendition of Annie‘s “Tomorrow,” Jewish a cappella group the Y-Studs released a Hanukkah-fied Jackson 5 medley and American-Israeli musician Nissim Black dropped Glory, an album filled with tracks that aren’t necessarily festive but will light up your Hanukkah playlists regardless.

Keep reading to see Billboard‘s fresh Hanukkah picks of 2024 — one for each of the eight days of the Festival of Lights — listed in no particular order below.

Kosha Dillz, “Dreidel Dreidel”