Here Comes the Hotstepper

Here Comes the Hotstepper
Game(s)	Just Dance 2 (DLC) Just Dance: Summer Party Just Dance Unlimited Just Dance Now
Artist	Ini Kamoze* (The Hit Crew)
Year	1994 (2007)
Release Date(s)	April 15, 2011 (JD2) January 30, 2020 (JDU) July 16, 2020 (NOW)
Difficulty	2 Medium (Remake)
Effort	2 Moderate (Remake)
No. of Gold Moves	4
Dance Mode	Solo
Dancer Gender(s)	♂
Pictogram Color	Arapawa Deep Cerulean (Remake)
Glove Color	Gamboge
Lyric Color	California (Remake)
Pictogram Count	87
Duration	3:00
Code Name	HotStep
Preview Audio
Performed By	Jérémy Paquet

"Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze, (covered by The Hit Crew in-game) was featured on Just Dance 2 as a downloadable track but became unavailable for purchase following the shutdown of the Wii Shop Channel on January 30, 2019. The song remains playable on Just Dance: Summer Party, Just Dance Unlimited and Just Dance Now.

Appearance of the Dancer

Original

The dancer is a man with dark blue hair, who dresses up as a farmer. He wears a dark blue straw hat over his head and has a Fu Manchu mustache. He also wears a blue and orange-yellow checkered polo shirt, a pair of blue overalls with the right suspender strapped on, a pair of bright orange socks, and white and dark blue boots tied with bright orange laces. A bright orange handkerchief hangs in the back pocket of his overall. He has a light blue outline.

Remake

In the remake, the excess neon in his outline is removed and his color gradient is slightly darker. Otherwise, the coach is the exact same.

Background

The background is styled as a farm. There is a barn, chickens, and some sheaves of hay. For almost the entirety of the routine, there is a Rabbid annoying the dancer. In the end, the front wall of the barn falls, revealing numerous Rabbids. In the remake, the screen fades to black at the end.

Gold Moves

There are 4 Gold Moves in this routine:

Gold Move 1: Swipe your right hand upwards from right to left, as if you were throwing something.
Gold Move 2: Swipe your right hand downwards as if you were trying to catch something.
Gold Move 3: Swing your right arm to the left.
Gold Move 4: Put your hands up with your thumbs up.

Gold Move 1
(Original/Beta remake)

Gold Move 1
(Updated remake)

Gold Move 1 in-game

Gold Move 2
(Original/Beta remake)

Gold Move 2
(Updated remake)

Gold Move 2 in-game

Gold Move 3
(Original/Beta remake)

Gold Move 3
(Updated remake)

Gold Move 3 in-game

Gold Move 4
(Original/Beta remake)

Gold Move 4
(Updated remake)

Gold Move 4 in-game

Appearances in Mashups

Here Comes the Hotstepper appears in the following Mashups:

• Aserejé (The Ketchup Song)
• Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
• Oops!...I Did It Again

Appearances in Playlists

Here Comes the Hotstepper is featured in the following playlists:

Just Dance Now

• All Songs F-J

Trivia

General

• Here Comes the Hotstepper is the third cover by The Hit Crew in the series.
• The cover replaces the line "Murderer" with "Word ‘em up!".
• In the Winter Wonderland video, in-game notifications, and the Nintendo Switch news notification, Ini Kamoze (the original artist) is mistakenly credited instead of The Hit Crew.
• The chorus samples Land Of 1000 Dances.

Routine

• The Raving Rabbid is featured in this song to celebrate the Raving Rabbid games’ fifth anniversary.
  • This is the second routine with a Raving Rabbid’s cameo, after When I Grow Up.
• The DLC used to be free along with Crazy Christmas for a short time but then went on to cost 300 Wii Points.^{[citation needed]}
• The coach’s avatar on Just Dance 2014 is unlocked upon reaching Level 100 on the World Dancefloor.
• The menu icon of the song on Just Dance 2 did not originally include a Raving Rabbid upon its debut in the game. The Rabbid was added after the song was no longer free.
• In Rabbids Land, the Rabbids’ dance moves are reused from this song when playing the jukebox mode. They can also be seen in the loading screen for that game.
• In the Winter Wonderland trailer, the pictograms have default colors.
• The Just Dance Unlimited cover uses the coach selection image instead of the album coach.
• A placeholder menu banner can be found in the Just Dance Unlimited servers.
• In the Just Dance Now preview, the original pictograms are used instead of the new ones, and the pictogram bar is from Just Dance 2018 and 2019.
• The routine was initially placed in the "All Songs S-Z" playlist on Just Dance Now.
  • This was fixed the day after its release.

Gallery

Game Files

Here Comes the Hotstepper
(Free DLC)

Here Comes the Hotstepper
(Paid DLC)

Here Comes the Hotstepper (Remake)

Just Dance Unlimited album coach

Just Dance Unlimited album background

Just Dance Unlimited menu banner

Just Dance Unlimited map background

Just Dance Unlimited cover

Just Dance Now cover

Avatar on Just Dance 2014

Avatar on Just Dance 2015 and later games

Pictograms
(Just Dance 2/Beta remake)

Pictograms
(Updated remake)

Just Dance: Summer Party scoring screen background 1

Just Dance: Summer Party scoring screen background 2

In-Game Screenshots

Here Comes the Hotstepper in the Just Dance 2 store

Here Comes the Hotstepper on the Just Dance 2 menu

Here Comes the Hotstepper on the Just Dance: Summer Party menu

Just Dance: Summer Party ready screen

Just Dance: Summer Party scoring screen

Here Comes the Hotstepper on the Just Dance 2020 menu

Just Dance 2020 loading screen

Just Dance 2020 coach selection screen (camera)

Just Dance 2020 coach selection screen (controller)

Here Comes the Hotstepper on the Just Dance Now menu (outdated, computer)

Here Comes the Hotstepper on the Just Dance Now menu (outdated, phone)

Just Dance Now coach selection screen (outdated, computer)

Just Dance Now coach selection screen (outdated, phone)

Just Dance Now scoring screen (outdated)

Here Comes the Hotstepper on the Just Dance Now menu (updated, computer)

Here Comes the Hotstepper on the Just Dance Now menu (updated, phone)

Just Dance Now coach selection screen (updated, computer)

Just Dance Now coach selection screen (updated, phone)

Just Dance Now scoring screen (updated)

Promotional Images

Promotional gameplay 1

Promotional gameplay 2

Promotional gameplay 3

Promotional coach

Just Dance Now notification

Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

Beta Elements

Pictograms with default colors (Remake)

Others

Mistake in the Nintendo Switch news notification (Ini Kamoze is credited as the artist instead of The Hit Crew)

Videos

Official Music Video/Audio

Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper

Here Comes The Hotstepper

Teasers

Here Comes the Hotstepper - Gameplay Teaser (US)

Here Comes the Hotstepper - Gameplay Teaser (UK)

Here Comes the Hotstepper - Rabbids Promotion (US)

Gameplays

Here comes the hotstepper just dance 2

JUST DANCE SUMMER PARTY HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER

Just Dance 2020 (Unlimited) - Here Comes The Hotstepper

Just Dance Now - Here Comes The Hotstepper (MEGASTAR)

Just dance unlimited here comes the hotstepper round 3-3 13k

Extractions

Here Comes the Hotstepper (Full Extraction + Mask) - Just Dance 2 DLC (Summer Party)

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