"Can’t Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton is featured on Just Dance 2014 as a downloadable track, Just Dance Unlimited, 舞力无限, and Just Dance Now.
Appearance of the Dancer[]
The dancer is a male with dark brown hair and a beard, who changes into three different outfits in the routine.
C1[]
The first outfit is a brownish maroon vest top with holes in it. There are also black ripped jeans, black boots, and two gold chains around the dancer’s neck.
C2[]
The second outfit is a pirate outfit with a large red captain’s jacket with straps. The dancer is with an orange-yellow shirt under it. The jeans and boots are the same. The dancer also has a pirate hat and gold bangles on the same wrist as the glove.
C3[]
The final outfit is the first outfit with a large fur coat and a coonskin cap. The outfit has a strong resemblance to Macklemore’s outfit from the Thrift Shop music video.
Background[]
The backgrounds are very colorful and bright. It starts off with a turquoise backdrop with added items as the dance proceeds. These items include clouds, mountains, cacti, a flamingo wearing a cowboy hat, a red car, and a fruit smoothie with a fish in it. They move along to the beat of the song. Once changed to the pirate outfit. It is a red sunset backdrop with clouds. The final scene shows a flag with the words The Heist at the top left, with trombones in front of the flag that go along with the song.
Gold Moves[]
There are 5 Gold Moves (3 in Just Dance Unlimited) in this routine:
Gold Move 1: Swing your arm.
Gold Moves 2, 3, and 5 (Just Dance 2014): Cross your arms.
Gold Move 2 (Just Dance Unlimited): Spread both arms out.
Gold Move 4 (Just Dance 2014)/Gold Move 3 (Just Dance Unlimited): Stick your right hand up in the air and shake your fist while you hold out your left arm.
Appearances in Playlists[]
Can’t Hold Us is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance Now[]
Captions[]
Can’t Hold Us is featured in Party Master Modes. Here are the captions attributed to his dance moves:
- I’m Out
- It’s Me
- Pirate’s Bow
- Push The Boundaries
- Respect
- T-Pose
Trivia[]
General[]
- Can’t Hold Us is the first song by Ray Dalton in the series.
- "Pimp", "s**t" and "damn" are censored.
- The song has been shortened by 30 seconds in-game by cutting parts of the bridge and the final chorus.
- On Just Dance Unlimited, the song title is written with a curly apostrophe (’) instead of a straight apostrophe ('), resulting in it being placed after all other songs that start with "Can’t" when sorted alphabetically.
Routine[]
- Can’t Hold Us, Pound The Alarm (Extreme), and Wake Me Up were the first downloadable tracks to be released for Just Dance 2014.
- Can’t Hold Us was available for free for the Uplay members who did a poll, where they were asked to choose between this song and Wake Me Up. Wii users received a gift card for 300 Wii Points and were able to choose any of the downloadable tracks.[2]
- As seen in the Just Dance 2022 preview gameplays, the pictograms, Gold Moves, and number of counted moves in Just Dance Unlimited were originally retained from Just Dance 2014.
- In the Just Dance Unlimited preview gameplays for Can’t Hold Us, a new pictogram bar is used. This new bar resembles the one seen in Just Dance 2018 and Just Dance 2019, but the square pulses with a different effect.
- The Just Dance 2014 album coach is used in Just Dance Unlimited despite the thumbnails for both previews featuring a different version displaying the coach’s entire body.
- Can’t Hold Us could be seen in promotional material for the 2014 version of Just Dance Now on IGN’s page for the game, despite the map not being available in-game at the time.[3][4]
- When the map was first uploaded to the old Just Dance Now servers, the original pictograms[5], Gold Moves[6], and score tracking files were used; however, in the final release, the updated files from Just Dance Unlimited were used. The cover was also more zoomed in in comparison to the final one.
- The song description files reads "2016" in the "JDVersion" string, implying that changes had already been planned upon the launch of Just Dance Unlimited.
- The Just Dance Now preview still uses the original pictograms and Gold Moves; however, the pictogram bar is from Just Dance 2018 and Just Dance 2019, and the Gold Move effect is from Just Dance 2020 onwards.
- The song description files reads "2016" in the "JDVersion" string, implying that changes had already been planned upon the launch of Just Dance Unlimited.
- When Can’t Hold Us was first released in Just Dance Now, the updated pictograms were replaced by early counterparts with default colors. A placeholder was also seen among them.
- Additionally, the unaltered pictograms retained their original colors and were not placed more downwards (as opposed to the updated ones).
- These beta pictograms can also be found in the Just Dance Unlimited servers; however, in the latter, the placeholder is smaller and the new Gold Move pictogram is absent.
- The beta pictograms were eventually replaced with the finalized ones on an unknown date.[7]
- These beta pictograms can also be found in the Just Dance Unlimited servers; however, in the latter, the placeholder is smaller and the new Gold Move pictogram is absent.
- Additionally, the unaltered pictograms retained their original colors and were not placed more downwards (as opposed to the updated ones).
- The routine can be spotted in the background of Can’t Stop the Feeling! (Danceverse Prince Version).
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
In-Game Screenshots[]
Promotional Images[]
Beta Elements[]
Others[]
Videos[]
Official Music Video[]
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Gameplays[]
Extractions[]
References[]
- ↑ https://youtu.be/9W3TTpA6Mw4?t=322 (better source needed)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011612/http://just-dance-thegame.ubi.com/jd-portal/en-us/home
- ↑ https://www.ign.com/games/just-dance-now
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231125130724/https://www.ign.com/games/just-dance-now
- ↑ https://jdnowweb-s.cdn.ubi.com/uat/release_tu2/20150928_1740/songs/CantHoldDLC/assets/web/pictos-sprite.png
- ↑ http://jsonviewer.stack.hu/#http://jdnowweb-s.cdn.ubi.com/uat/release_tu2/20150928_1740/songs/CantHoldDLC/CantHoldDLC.json
- ↑ https://jdnow-api-contentapistoragest.justdancenow.com/songs/CantHoldDLC_1663331939550/assets/web/pictos-sprite.png