"Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners (credited as Dexy’s Midnight Runners in-game) was featured on Just Dance 2 as a downloadable track until the Wii Shop Channel shut down on January 30, 2019. It was also planned to be on Just Dance: Summer Party, but was scrapped for unknown reasons.[2] The song is featured on Just Dance Unlimited, Just Dance Now, 舞力无限, and Just Dance+.
Appearance of the Dancers[]
The dancers are a duet of a woman and a man in Irish-style costumes. They both have blue outlines.
Original[]
P1[]
P1 is a woman named Eilidh. She has dark green hair tied in two braids. She wears a lime green A-line dress with dark green ruffles on the top. Around her bodice, there are two dark green lines with crossing lines attached to them. On the skirt area is a white semicircle with dark green stitches and a four-leaf clover between them. She also wears long lime green and green-black striped stockings, and dark green Mary Jane shoes. She wears a dark green glove.
P2[]
P2 is a man named Seamairan. He resembles a leprechaun. He has dark green hair and wears a green top-hat with a dark green stripe and lime green four leaf clover clover on it. He wears a green jacket with dark green lapels and cuffs, a lime green vest with six white buttons on it, a white undershirt, and a green necktie. He also wears dark green shorts with a grid design and lime green buckle shoes. He wears a vivid yellow glove.
Remake[]
In the remake, both dancers now have slightly darker colour schemes.
Background[]
Original[]
The routine takes place in a forest with rays of sunlight lighting it. There are several trees, rocks, and blue flowers. In the background is a large running waterfall that flows into a pond. Behind the dancers are a glimmering pot of gold with some pieces of gold on the floor. Several particles float around the forest. At the beginning of the routine, P1 appears sitting on the rock with her outline being formed before being filled in. At the end of the bridge, during Gold Move 6, a sparkling rainbow appears and curves down into the pot of gold.
Remake[]
In the remake, the forest has a lighter colour scheme. The particles are now yellow, the waterfall has a different, more natural animation, the pot of gold now emits a yellow aura, and the rays of sunlight now have a yellowish tint to them. The rainbow is slightly blurrier and now appears by its stripes appearing one-by-one with a sparkle effect.
Gold Moves[]
There are 6 Gold Moves (4 on Just Dance Unlimited) in this routine:
Gold Moves 1 and 3 (JD2): Raise your hands, open your legs, and face your partner.
Gold Moves 2 and 4 (JD2): Same as Gold Move 1, but facing opposite of each other.
Gold Moves 1 and 2 (Remake): Stand still and put your arms slightly out.
Gold Move 5 (JD2)/Gold Move 3 (Remake): Put your arms out. P1 has their legs slightly open than P2.
Gold Move 6 (JD2)/Gold Move 4 (Remake): Spin around. P1 spins clockwise with their right arm raised to the air and P2 spins counter-clockwise with their arms by their sides.
Release History[]
This section details the release and removal history of Come On Eileen.
Game | Date Added | Date Removed |
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Just Dance 2 (DLC) | March 17, 2011 | January 30, 2019 (store closure) |
Just Dance Unlimited | March 17, 2022 | N/A |
Just Dance Now | March 17, 2022 | May 10, 2022 |
October 7, 2022 | N/A | |
舞力无限 | March 18, 2022 | N/A |
Just Dance+ | February 19, 2024 | N/A |
Appearances in Playlists[]
Come On Eileen is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance Now[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- A slightly shortened version of the single version is used in-game, which removes the intro and outro from the version on the Too-Rye-Ay album.
- Come On Eileen is the only song to be released on the same date on three different games; the song was released on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, in 2011 in Just Dance 2 and eleven years later on the same date in Just Dance Unlimited and Just Dance Now.
- Come On Eileen is one of the five downloadable or exclusive maps in Just Dance 2 that did not appear in Just Dance: Summer Party, along with Crazy Christmas, It’s Not Unusual, Should I Stay Or Should I Go and Spice Up Your Life.
- Johnnie Ray's name in the lyrics is misspelled as Johnny Ray.
Routine[]
- In the score screen, the tree on the left of the background overlaps the score bar.
- Eilidith's name is inspired by the song title; her name contains the first three words of and sounds similar to "Eileen".
- Seamairan's name comes from the old Irish word "seamair", which is another word for clover, fitting the theme of the routine.
- In the remake, the pictogram for Gold Move 4 tells P2 to spin clockwise like P1, but Seamairan actually spins counter clockwise.
- In a promotional gameplay picture, the rainbow is seen to be not as pixelated.
- In the trailer for Season 1: Astral, the tarot cards dub both coaches as "The Star".
- In the Just Dance Now preview and on the ChromeCast version of the game, the pictograms are completely absent, however, the Pictogram bar is always visible and blinks to the BPM.
- In the Just Dance Unlimited preview, the frame rate has been dropped to 15 FPS.
- Additionally, the pictograms have default colors, and some of them are different from the final version.
- Two pictograms’ filenames for the remake reference John Travolta.[3]
- The routine can be spotted in the background of Can’t Stop the Feeling! (Danceverse Prince Version).
- This is the first multiplayer routine where the pictograms are different shades of the same color. It is followed by Turn Up the Love (Sumo Version), No Control, This Is How We Do, Don’t Let Me Down, and Save Your Tears (Remix).
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
(Just Dance 2)
(Remake, pre-Just Dance+)
In-Game Screenshots[]
(outdated)
(updated)
Promotional Images[]
(舞力无限)