- For the Black Eyed Peas song, see Hey Mama (Black Eyed Peas song).
"Hey Mama" by David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack is featured on Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance Now (for players who subscribed before April 9, 2024). It was also featured on Just Dance Unlimited and 舞力无限, but was removed on August 1 and 2, 2024, respectively. The song was also intended to be included on Just Dance 2020 as part of All Stars Mode, but was replaced with Chiwawa.
The song also has an alternate routine titled "Geisha Version".
Appearance of the Dancers[]
The routine is performed by a trio of two men and a woman dressed as soldiers.
P2[]
P2 represents a military commander. She has an army cap that covers her red hair, a pair of black round-framed sunglasses, and is wearing a grey army uniform with a black skirt. She also wears a pair of navy blue boots.
P1/P3[]
P1 and P3 are male soldiers with soldier hats covering their neatly combed hair. They are in a black jacket which covers an orange top. On top of that, they also wear a pair of long black jeans as well as a pair of black shoes each. They blend in with the rest of the troops.
P3 has rounder eye shapes, compared to P1.
After the second chorus, the dancers can be seen going through multiple stages of color inversions.
Background[]
The routine takes place in a military aircraft dispatching platform. There is an Air Force standing behind the lead and backup dancers - all the troops have the same appearance as the backup dancers. The dance platform is seen ascending through levels of troop sections before reaching the top. Then, the dispatching platform can be seen opening, revealing a bright sky and even more troops on land dancing along. The platform lights up to the rhythm of the song.
Mashup[]
The song has a Mashup that was planned to be released on Just Dance Unlimited but was scrapped for unknown reasons.
Dancers[]
- Diamonds
- Lollipop
- Crazy in Love
- Hit ’Em Up Style (Oops!)
- Miss Understood
- Pon de Replay
- Lollipop
- Crazy in Love
- Hit ’Em Up Style (Oops!)
- Miss Understood
- I Luh Ya Papi
- Pon de Replay
- Roar
- Umbrella [GM1]
- Hit ’Em Up Style (Oops!)
- Miss Understood
- Diamonds [GM2]
Gold Moves[]
Classic[]
There are 3 Gold Moves in this routine, all of which are the same:
All Gold Moves:
- P2: Salute while bending your left arm and slightly move your head.
- P1/P3: Salute while jumping.
Mashup[]
There are 2 Gold Moves in the unreleased Mashup:
Gold Move 1: Slowly make a semi-circle with both of your arms. (Umbrella)
Gold Move 2: Make a circle with your hands and make a diamond shape with your hands above your head. (Diamonds)
Release History[]
This section details the release and removal history of Hey Mama.
Game | Date Added | Date Removed |
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Just Dance Now | October 22, 2015 | April 9, 2024, or the end of the next billing period |
Just Dance Unlimited | March 9, 2017 | August 1, 2024 |
舞力无限 | August 11, 2023 | August 2, 2024 |
This section details the release and removal history of Hey Mama (Community Remix).
Game | Date Added | Date Removed |
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Just Dance Unlimited (2016) | April 5, 2016 | October 21, 2016 |
Just Dance Now | June 2, 2016 | Pre-August 2017 |
Dance Quests[]
Hey Mama is featured in the following Dance Quests maps:
- Cake
Community Remix[]
Hey Mama has a Community Remix. The following are featured:
(No repeats)
- Diabolickooke (Netherlands)
- AmanditaMM (Brazil)
- Susie Slaytanic (USA)
- morales360bkn (Chile)
- Victor6z12 (Italy)
- ZillyZucchini (USA)
- mzsx536 (USA)
- MrManu96 (Italy)
- chtumix89 (Italy)
- MattGamer2004 (Canada)
- kurashiki01 (Russia)
- Joseiiin97 (Italy)
- CarlosShadow7 (Portugal)
- jmichew (Malaysia)
- dimitrol707 (Russia)
- kittykuma (USA)
- SabrinaRocket (Germany)
- dim0n19 (Russia)
- Paulo Barizon (Brazil)
- YeoJulietaMin (Italy)
- feardog11 (USA)
- nijishoujo (USA)
- twanboy_13 (Russia)
- Mereth86 (Spain)
- DnDarkPK (Brazil)
Appearances in Playlists[]
Hey Mama is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance 2016[]
Just Dance 2017[]
Just Dance 2018[]
Just Dance 2019[]
Just Dance Now[]
- 10 Years of Just Dance
- All Songs F-J
- Celebrate Fashion Week!
- Countdown 2024
- Dance Divine
- Dancin’ in the Dark!
- Divine Nine
- Hall Of Fame
- Mission Green
Trivia[]
General[]
- Hey Mama is the second song by David Guetta in the main series.
- However, it is Guetta’s fourth song in the franchise, including Nothing Really Matters and Everything Wonderful (both from The Black Eyed Peas Experience).
- It is also the sixth song by Nicki Minaj in the series.
- It is also the first song by Bebe Rexha in the series.
- Among all songs in the Just Dance series with multiple routines, Hey Mama is the first one where both of them (Classic and Geisha Version) are Trios.
- Born This Way and Hey Mama are the first two songs in the series to have more than one Trio routine (with the former having the Classic routine and a Trio Mashup).
- "Freak", "nana", "d**k", "b**ches”, and "f**king" are censored.
- "D**k", "f**king", and "b**ches" were already censored in the official music video.
- "Nana" was not censored in the E3 version of Just Dance 2016.[2]
- "D**k", "f**king", and "b**ches" were already censored in the official music video.
- During the line "Beating my drum like dum-di-di-day," the word "my" is displayed as "the" in the lyrics, and the word "plus" in the line "plus I keep the ..." is displayed as "yes".
- In the E3 demo, an alternate version of the song was used, where the part that samples "Rosie" by Alan Lomax is covered, presumably to avoid copyright issues. However, that part is not covered in the final game.
- This alternate version was also used in the iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party of 2015.[3]
- In the servers of Just Dance Unlimited, a test Community Remix featuring an Ubisoft employee dancing to the routine can be found.
- Hey Mama is referenced on the Just Dance Now playlist of the same name, which was released on May 12, 2023 to celebrate Mother’s Day.
- The Geisha Version is featured in this playlist, but the Classic map is not.
- In Ubisoft’s press release announcing the removal of specific songs from Just Dance Now and Just Dance Unlimited, Bebe Rexha is not credited.[4]
Classic[]
- As of October 17, 2019, some pictograms have been remade, with the pictogram for the Gold Move now having a regular yellow glow instead of the red one seen in previous appearances of the map. This change was first implemented on Just Dance Unlimited and was then carried over to Just Dance Now, thus making Hey Mama the first map to have changes in its pictograms after its initial release in Just Dance Unlimited.
- Despite the song being a Trio, P1 and P3 (as well as the unplayable backup dancers) are performed by the same dancer, as seen in the Just Dance 2016 behind-the-scenes footage.
- A score detection file is named "heymama_karatekid.msm", referencing the movie series of the same name.[5]
- The Just Dance Now files for Hey Mama show that P3’s icon from the menu selection is less centered than P1’s.
- In the Just Dance Now menu, Hey Mama and Born This Way were erroneously placed before Bad Romance.
- This was later fixed.
- The routine was played during the play-off of the Just Dance World Cup 2015.[6]
- P1 and P3 appear in the "How to save playlists" tip on Just Dance 2020.
- Hey Mama was set to be in All Stars Mode but was scrapped for unknown reasons.[7]
- However, one of the backup dancers still appears in the cutscene when High Hopes is unlocked.
- It would have been the second out of three Nicki Minaj songs (Starships and Swish Swish) in All Stars Mode if added.
- Hey Mama makes a brief appearance in the video "Ubisoft Paris - 30 years of games!".[8]
Mashup[]
- The coach of I Luh Ya Papi has a less saturated color scheme.
Community Remix[]
- Among all participants to the Community Remix of Hey Mama, ZillyZucchini is the only one to be chosen twice.
- Among all Community Remixes that debuted through Just Dance Unlimited, that of Hey Mama was the only one to be playable via more than one game (in this case, Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance 2017).
- In Hey Mama (Community Remix), player names and country flags are shown. This feature was included in all Community Remixes in Just Dance 2015 and in the one for Uptown Funk, but it was discontinued by the time the one for All About That Bass was released.
- On Just Dance 2016, the Community Remix is affected by a glitch that makes the coaches freeze for the rest of the song. While this happens, the pictograms and the lyrics keep working but they are heavily slowed down, as well as the audio.[9]
- On Just Dance Unlimited, players could only play as P2; on Just Dance Now, however, it was also possible to play as P1 or P3.
- On Just Dance Now, the cover for the Classic routine was reused.
- The avatar can be found in the files of 舞力无限.[10]
Showtime[]
- Unlike other Showtimes with censored words, the censors are represented by boxes covering the words instead of the usual ellipses replacing them.
- When "nana" is censored, the edge of the second "A" can still be seen.
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
In-Game Screenshots[]
Promotional Images[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Others[]
Videos[]
Official Music Video[]
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Gameplays[]
Classic[]
Others[]
Extractions[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.instagram.com/p/4C5lytF6I6/ (Archive)
- ↑ https://youtu.be/kGM4RAVnL7s&t=1m09s
- ↑ https://youtu.be/WooM09YwKzI
- ↑ https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/6YyopoWWnStUG9RgF2tQAN/just-dance-unlimited-updates
- ↑ File:Heymama karatekid classifier.PNG
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170429172457/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/tracklist-and-prizes/Vh5stx4AALsEUcdg
- ↑ File:Heymama allstars files.png
- ↑ https://youtu.be/UdcSR5OCptU?t=131
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Ax-2jC96e-Q&t=204s
- ↑ https://jdcn-switch.cdn.ubisoft.cn/public/avatars/493/avatar.png/24d273992c29f2af7c05854b5df83b30.png
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