"Iko Iko" by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford and his Cane Cutters (covered by Sunscreen and credited as Mardi Gras in-game) is featured on Just Dance 2. It was featured on Just Dance 3 as a downloadable track, but became unavailable for purchase following the shutdown of the Wii Shop Channel on January 30, 2019, and the removal of most DLCs from the Xbox 360 Marketplace on August 20, 2023. It was also planned to be on Just Dance: Greatest Hits and Just Dance: Best Of, but was scrapped for unknown reasons.
Appearance of the Dancer[]
Original[]
The dancer is a female tribe captain with poofy pink hair. She wears a pink headdress with blue and white rings, a pink, purple, and blue two-piece fluffy outfit which comprises a bra and a skirt, and reddish-pink fluffy boots with purple straps. She wears several pink bracelets on her arms. Her glove is blue. She also resembles a carnival dancer from New Orleans.
Remake[]
The remake shows the dancer in a slightly darker color scheme. She is now presented with a thin blue outline. Her skirt and bra are also dark blue and turquoise.
Background[]
Original[]
The dance takes place in a rainforest background. Because of this, there is grass and plants growing around the dancer's feet while she moves. The floor is reflective.
Just Dance 3 (Xbox 360)[]
On Xbox 360 copies of the game, some grass plants are more visible and the floor is not reflective, making the background look more realistic. Some forest effects are heard at the start of the song.
Remake[]
In the remake, the rainforest has been changed from green to bright blue, and there are more bushes in the front of the camera. Additionally, sounds effects that remind of a jungle can be heard at the beginning.
Gold Moves[]
There are 8 Gold Moves in this routine (4 in the remake), all of which are the same:
All Gold Moves: Spin your left arm and hand in a clockwise direction and your right hand in a counter-clockwise direction at the same time and in rapid motion while stomping with your right foot and shaking your head.
Appearances in Mashups[]
Iko Iko appears in the following Mashups:
- Apache (Jump On It)
- Dark Horse (Mystic Princesses)
- Fatima (World Music)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)(Beta)- Mr. Saxobeat
- Never Can Say Goodbye (Best Of JD 2)
- The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) (Shamans)
Captions[]
Iko Iko appears in Puppet/Party Master Modes. Here are the captions attributed to her dance moves:
- Funky Chicken
- Mother Earth
- Push Away
- Rain Dance
- Ritual
- Tribal Magic
- Tribal Push
Trivia[]
General[]
- Made in 1953, Iko Iko is the eighth-oldest song in the main series of Just Dance. Only Down By The Riverside (1918), Tico-Tico No Fubá (1917), Carmen (Overture) (1875), Hungarian Dance No. 5 (1869), Infernal Galop (Can-Can) (1858), and William Tell Overture (1829) are older.
- Iko Iko is the oldest song in the main tracklist of Just Dance 2.
- It is also the oldest recycled downloadable song in the series.
- Iko Iko is the oldest song in the main tracklist of Just Dance 2.
- Iko Iko is one of the few songs to not feature any Shout-Out Lines in the Xbox 360 version of Just Dance 3.
- The song’s original title is "Jock-A-Mo".[3]
- "Singin’ by the fire" has been misinterpreted as "Sittin’ by the fire", and "I’m gonna set your face on fire" has been misinterpreted as "I’m gonna set your flag on fire".
Routine[]
- Iko Iko has a total of eight Gold Moves, thus being one of the maps with the highest number of Gold Moves. It is only beaten by Proud Mary and Ninja Re Bang Bang, which have nine Gold Moves each.
- Technically, it is also beaten by Boogie Wonderland, which has 10 Gold Moves; however, that is the case only for the Xbox 360 version of Just Dance 3.
- In the remake, however, the number of Gold Moves in Iko Iko has been decreased to four.
- Technically, it is also beaten by Boogie Wonderland, which has 10 Gold Moves; however, that is the case only for the Xbox 360 version of Just Dance 3.
- The number of counted moves is exactly the same whether scoring is done with a motion controller or a camera. Unlike most other routines, this one has no moves performed only with the left hand.
- In the Just Dance 3 version, one of the pictograms has its legs and torso partially cut out on the sides, resulting in the cut parts being white rather than colored.
- This pictogram is also used in Puppet Master Modes and in the Mashups of Dark Horse, Never Can Say Goodbye, and The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?), as well as in the remake.
- In the Wii version of Just Dance 3, the routine is not synced with the song.[4]
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
(Just Dance 2)
(Just Dance Unlimited files)
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Behind the Scenes[]
Others[]
Videos[]
Official Audio[]
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Gameplays[]
Extractions[]
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