"Can’t Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton is featured on Just Dance 2014 as a downloadable track. It is also featured on Just Dance Unlimited, 舞力无限, and Just Dance Now.
Appearance of the Dancer[]
The dancer is a man 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. The routine 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 right arm to the left while putting your left leg up.
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.
- Can’t Hold Us and Break My Heart were the last songs to be added to Just Dance Unlimited, other than previews of Just Dance 2023 Edition (which were each removed from the service after a week). The service was replaced by Just Dance+ from that game onward.
- 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.
- Can’t Hold Us references Return of the Mack in the lyrics.
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