"Cake By The Ocean" by DNCE is featured on Just Dance 2017, Just Dance Now (for players who subscribed before April 9, 2024) and Just Dance+. The routine was also planned to be featured on Just Dance 2018 as part of Kids Mode with a Just Dance Unlimited subscription, but it was scrapped.
It was also featured on Just Dance Unlimited and 舞力无限, but it was removed on August 1 and 2, 2024, respectively, due to licensing constraints.
The song also has an alternate routine titled "Earphones Version". The song also had a Germany-exclusive VIPMADE routine on Just Dance Unlimited via Just Dance 2017, but it became unavailable following the shutdown of online services on July 3, 2023.
The dancer is a male scuba diver named Hadri. His suit is light orange-colored with pink and slightly darker orange palm trees on it, and he wears a purple disco-ball encrusted helmet tied to his body with two crossed violet glittered laces. A cobalt blue pipe is tied to the left side of his helmet. He also wears dark purple glittered boots.
VIPMADE[]
P1[]
P1 is German YouTuber Emrah Tekin. He has short black hair, with a part of it laying on the left side, and beard, and he wears a dark grey-green T-shirt, black pants, and black trainers.
P2[]
P2 is German YouTuber Joyce Ilg. She has dark brown, tied up hair with a small bow, a dark grey tank top, black leggings, and grey shoes.
P1
P2
Background[]
Classic[]
The background takes place Sun Horizon in the Funkyrium, which is a fish tank with a treasure chest, barrel, an octopus playing drums with the Just Dance logo on it, and 2 seahorses in sunglasses playing guitars. During the chorus, a disco ball comes down and glowing jellyfish appear in the back. When "Ooh ah" is sung, the treasure chest opens to reveal a shiny pearl inside it, 2 purple lights and 2 fish appear from the screen. Behind the glass of the fish tank is a low-lit living room in Dancity, which was recycled from Blame It on the Boogie.
VIPMADE[]
The VIPMADE routine takes place in a living room with a green sofa, a small black table at his left with a plant, a large mirror with a grey frame, and grey floor. There are many elements from the background of the Classic routine, along with a sea surface effect and a glass effect.
Gold Moves[]
There are 3 Gold Moves in this routine, all of which are the same:
All Gold Moves: Punch your right hand upward while walking to the left.
All Gold Moves (Classic)
All Gold Moves (VIPMADE)
All Gold Moves in-game
Release History[]
This section details the release and removal history of Cake By The Ocean.
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General[]
Cake By The Ocean is the first song by DNCE in the main series.
Individually, this is the third song by Joe Jonas in the main series.
The radio edit for this song is used in the game, in which "f**king crazy" is replaced with "crazy-crazy", "god damn" is replaced with "hot damn", and "f**king delicious" is replaced with "so delicious".
"Damn" is separately censored.
This song had been planned to be officially revealed at Gamescom, but it was revealed two weeks earlier.[1]
Cake By The Ocean was one of the songs selected for the digital qualifications of the Just Dance 2018World Cup.[2]
Classic[]
During beta development, the background behind the fish tank was a diner with tables of ketchup and mustard instead of a living room. The octopus was whiter and the second seahorse has green arms instead of fuchsia arms.
Of all the routines on Just Dance 2017, this routine has the shortest pictograms sprite (28 pictograms).
In an interview, the official costume designer for Ubisoft Studios said that Hadri’s costume was the funniest to create because she loves the idea of the "sea astronaut".[3]
The album coach for the Classic routine can be found in the demo files of Just Dance 2018, suggesting that it was intended to be available in Kids Mode but removed from the final game.
In the preview gameplay, the Gold Move pictogram did not have the orange outline that is seen in the final game.
Cake By The Ocean is the first song in the game to have a VIPMADE routine. It is followed by Oishii Oishii (which features Favij) and Hips Don’t Lie (which features Sophie Milzink).
The pictograms slide on a duet bar and, because of this, they are more stretched horizontally.
As of an unknown date, the pictograms are now duet pictograms that have been remade, and recolored grayish green/grayish blue, and the background has been updated to resemble those of Just Dance 2019’s VIPMADE routines.
In the menu icon, cover and coach selection screen, both coaches look very different:
P1 has a slightly different haircut and wears a black and white Yankees jacket over a white T-shirt.