"Applause" by Lady Gaga is featured on Just Dance 2014, Just Dance Wii U, Just Dance Now, and Just Dance+. The song was also featured on Just Dance Unlimited and 舞力无限, but was removed.
The song also has an alternate routine available as a downloadable track on Just Dance 2014, and on Just Dance+.
Appearance of the Dancers[]
C1[]
The dancer is a woman named Countess Butterfly. She wears a black shiny leather dress, with a garter belt that connects it to her shiny black boots. The back of the dress has a large countess collar. She also wears a flowing golden evening gown that is open in front, with the hems of the sleeves, and the skirt flowing freely. A hot pink dress hoop "pushes" the gown out, making it look more like a 16th-century ballroom dress. She has a gold choker scarf and has blondish puffy hair that is curled at the end. She also wears a hot pink glove and a black visor on her face.
C2[]
During the choruses, Countess Butterfly transforms into a completely different outfit. She wears a shiny brown long sleeve crop-top and black cuffs at the end. She also wears a black collar. As for the shorts, they are shiny and brown too, with black cuffs on the hips as well. She wears burgundy ankle length high heel boots, and a similar looking brown glove. Her hair does not appear curled at the ends anymore, and the blonde hair is slightly paler. She also wears a black butterfly-shaped visor on her face.
Background[]
The routine takes place in what appears to be an insane asylum. During the first verses of the song, she appears in a long slender hall with screens with people trying to escape from the sides. Lights light up the floor and make various triangular formations as she dances. The people in the screens on the sides try to push out, but cannot, due to the unknown material. As the chorus nears, backup dancers appear two men wearing only pink spandex pants and with a strange hairstyle, and two women wearing a pink one-piece, with long brown hair. They dance during the chorus too, and also during the chorus, the wall itself is another giant screen in which once again a person is trying to get out.
Gold Moves[]
There are 3 Gold Moves in this routine:
All Gold Moves: Bring your right hand down in a curve while hopping and put your left arm down.
Release History[]
This section details the release and removal history of Applause.
| Game | Date Added | Date Removed |
|---|---|---|
| Just Dance Now | August 3, 2014 | April 9, 2024, or the end of the next billing period |
| November 22, 2025 | N/A | |
| Just Dance Unlimited | October 22, 2015 | August 1, 2024 |
| 舞力无限 | January 6, 2023 | August 2, 2024 |
| Just Dance+ | May 2, 2023 | N/A |
Appearances in Mashups[]
Applause makes appearances in the following Mashups:
- All About That Bass (Divas)
- Hangover (BaBaBa) (High Energy)
- I Love It (Best of Just Dance 2014)
Appearances in Playlists[]
Applause appears in the following playlists:
Just Dance Now[]
- Celebrate Fashion Week!
- All Songs A-E
- Dance Divine
- Hall Of Fame
- Masquerade Parade
- Own the Stage!
- The Great Dancemas
- Thrills and Chills
Just Dance Unlimited[]
Just Dance 2016[]
Just Dance 2017[]
Just Dance 2018[]
Just Dance 2020[]
Captions[]
Applause appears in Party Master Modes. Here are the captions attributed to her dance moves:
- Diva
- Elegant Shadow
- Vogue
Trivia[]
General[]
- Applause and Just Dance are the first two songs by Lady Gaga in the series.
- There are two lyric errors:
- The line "I’ll turn the lights out" is misinterpreted as "Turn the lights on".
- The line "Now art’s in pop culture, in me" is misinterpreted as "Now art and pop culture in me".
- If one bought Just Dance 2014 from GameStop and bought the ARTPOP album (following the instructions on receipt), they would have gotten an additional remix of Applause, the Bent Collective Club Mix.[3]
- The NATO phonetic alphabet translates "LimaGolf" (used as part of the codename for the two routines) to "LG", the initials of Lady Gaga.
- This codename was probably used so the files would not be confused with the applause sound effect.
- In the Just Dance Wii U trailer, the song was erroneously referred to as The Applause. This was fixed before the final release.
- Applause and Troublemaker are the only songs from Just Dance 2014 whose alternate routines were never released on Just Dance Unlimited.
- However, the Sweat Version of Troublemaker was released in 舞力无限, and the Alternate routine for Applause was released on Just Dance+.
- A Party Master Mode was planned for Applause, but this was scrapped from the final game. Unused files for the unreleased Party Master Mode can still be found in the files for Just Dance 2014.[4]
- When typing "Apple" in the search bar of the Just Dance service, the two routines for Applause are displayed as results instead of Apple.[5]
Routine[]
- The backup dancers in Applause are the first in the series to have a visible skin tone and faces, as opposed to the editing style of the main coaches.
- Applause is the first routine in the series where no effect is applied to the transition from one coach to another.
- On camera consoles, Gold Moves 1 and 3 cannot actually grant the "Yeah" feedback, but rather, the immediate next moves do so, which are performed with the left hand. This does not occur with Gold Move 2.[6]
- This is also carried over to later appearances of the routine in Just Dance Unlimited.[7]
- The pictogram for the last move is ochre yellow instead of red-brownish, suggesting that Countess Butterfly was supposed to return to her initial form at the end.
- Countess Butterfly makes a cameo in Just Dance’s background. She is the only Just Dance 2014 coach to make a cameo in that song.
- However, her color scheme is different.
- The pictogram that instructs to punch with the right hand in front of the left side of one’s waist appears three times in a row during the first chorus, but it only appears once in all the other choruses.
- The filename pictogram’s file name references John Travolta, possibly because of his famous disco move.[citation needed]
- Applause is one of the routines to have a Dancemas ornament.[8]
- In Just Dance+, the Effort rating was changed to Moderate from Chill on an unknown date.
- The background in the square and map background is not seen in the map.
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
(pre-Just Dance+)
(outdated 1)
In-Game Screenshots[]
(2024 update, computer)
(2024 update, phone)
(2024 update, phone)
Promotional Images[]
(Just Dance 2014)
(Just Dance Wii U)
Behind the Scenes[]
Others[]
Videos[]
Official Music Video[]
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Gameplays[]
Other[]
Extractions[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.facebook.com/cainceline.kitsaischoregraphes/posts/10152005012149827
- ↑ https://youtu.be/vC_BHOs_yxM?t=13
- ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=1maZO6kMA_A
- ↑ File:Jd2014 party master proof.png
- ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/531218837291401227/1333920355521134643/e95b208b-95a3-4087-8f32-8c56fe5582b5.jpg?ex=679aa5a3&is=67995423&hm=0410f62534a1c82fca34b2bc5f0030ab60cb90c81e567f8e0a9a4ee7c1364c50&
- ↑ https://youtu.be/EwUhKym99vU?t=152
- ↑ https://youtu.be/4G2Uhzemrwg?t=85
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.387322048069918.1073741832.298090406993083&type=3
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=348970378571752&set=pb.100067348292428.-2207520000
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