- For the Just Dance Kids routine, see Kids in America (Just Dance Kids).
"Kids in America" by Kim Wilde is featured on Just Dance. The song 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.
Appearance of the Dancer[]
Original[]
The dancer is a woman dressed as a schoolgirl. She has purple hair in two pigtails, a magenta shirt, a pink and white striped tie, a purple vest, a purple checkered skirt, pink knee-length socks, and purple sneakers. She wears a rose-colored bracelet on her right hand.
Just Dance 3[]
In the Just Dance 3 version, not much is changed about the dancer, except that her bracelet is now magenta.
Remake[]
In the remake, she now has a blue outline and is slightly more realistic.
Background[]
Just Dance[]
The routine takes place at an empty city at night. There is a fence to the left of the coach and three magenta buildings that are far in the background. The city darkens and lightens up during the routine.
Just Dance 3 (Wii)[]
In the Wii version of Just Dance 3, the city is pinker and now has a blue hue surrounding the buildings, along with some fog. More buildings and a bridge can be seen in the distance. There are now two overhead power lines and a streetlamp in the city. During the chorus, the streetlamp lights up to the beat.
Just Dance 3 (Xbox 360)[]
In the Xbox 360 version of Just Dance 3, there is more fog and there are now lights shining into the sky behind the buildings. At certain points in the routine, four red streaks of light move up behind the buildings.
Remake[]
In the remake, the background has completely changed. It now takes place in a different city at day with many buildings, road signs, pedestrian crossings, and shadows of skyscrapers. There are several animations in the background - two transparent circles - one magenta, one white - fills the screen at certain points and two circles - one pink and one purple - appear on the floor starting after the first chorus. The outlines of the buildings and the road signs begin flashing to the beat starting after the first verse. The routine ends with an iris-out effect. There are also more camera movements.
Gold Moves[]
In Just Dance 3, there are 6 Gold Moves in this routine, all of which are the same:
All Gold Moves: Throw both of your arms outward.
Shout-Out Lines[]
There are 3 Shout-Out Lines in this routine, all of which are the same:
All Shout-Out Lines: “We’re the kids in America”
Appearances in Mashups[]
Kids in America appears in the following Mashups:
Trivia[]
General[]
- In all games that feature Kids in America, as well as in the remake, the "woah" and "la la" lines are not written down in the lyrics.
- In Just Dance, the word "it’s" in the lyric "But it’s soothing" lacks an apostrophe. This is fixed in Just Dance 3 onward.
- There are two lyric errors in the routine. The "Y" in "New York" in the line "New York to East California" is not written in uppercase and the word "don’t" in the line "Don’t check on your watch" lacks an apostrophe.
Routine[]
- The Just Dance square has the coach’s bracelet on her left arm. This was fixed in the Just Dance 3 square.
- The first three counted moves (four on Xbox 360) are not counted as moves in Just Dance.
- In Just Dance, one of the moves in the chorus has a pictogram error: the pictogram instructs the player to leave the left arm pointing down, but the coach actually performs said move with her hand on her hip.
- Additionally, one of the moves right before the chorus actually lacks a pictogram.
- In Just Dance 3 and the remake, one of the pictograms has incorrect shading, which is mostly placed at the bottom, and part of the left hand is cropped out.
- In the Xbox 360 version of Just Dance 3, the coach is reversed on the coach selection screen.
- In the Xbox 360 manual on how to download songs in Just Dance 4, Kids in America appears as a placeholder DLC along with A-Punk, Alright, Katti Kalandal, and Move Your Feet.
- The coach appears twice in a row in Rock Lobster (Mashup).
- Some elements from Uptown Funk are recycled in the remake.
- In the beta remake, the audio and video are out of sync with the pictograms and the lyrics.[3]
- When the remake was first uploaded to the Just Dance Now files, it had a different background. As of an unknown date, it has been updated to a newer one.[4] There are several differences between the two versions:
- In the outdated remake, the coach appears to be darker and with a thicker outline.
- The outdated remake is set at night while the updated remake is set at day.
- The color palette in the updated remake is much brighter.
- The outdated remake starts with some cheering sounds, while the newer one starts with a ringing school bell.
- In the outdated remake, the coach’s silhouette fades in before the opening circular effect; in the updated remake, instead, the circle opens and zooms in towards the coach, who already has all her colors.
- There are many more animations and zoom effects in the updated remake.
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
(Just Dance)
(Just Dance 3)
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Videos[]
Official Music Video[]
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Extractions[]
Beta Elements[]
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