"Side to Side" by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj is featured on Just Dance 2018, Just Dance Now (for players who subscribed before April 9, 2024), and Just Dance+. The song was also featured on Just Dance Unlimited and 舞力无限, but was removed.
The song also has an alternate routine titled "Cycling Version".
On the 8th-generation console and Nintendo Switch versions of Just Dance 2018, Side to Side was one of fifteen songs to be playable from the beginning.
Appearance of the Dancer[]
The dancer is a woman with long, box-braided purple hair in a half-bun style. She has a pair of orange goggles on the top her forehead, a gold visor, a yellow and pink turtleneck bra with a keyhole in the cleavage, a pair of black patent pants, a lavender garter belt with a knee protector on her right knee, and a pair of lavender high heel boots. Her pants flash bright lavender several times during the chorus. During Minaj’s verse, her skin turns black. The dancer herself seen on the TV screens have a different color scheme and are wearing the goggles. Sound effects like that of rain and machinery can be heard throughout the routine.
Background[]
The routine takes place in the Space Dock. The coach stands in a sky view platform of a cyber punk styled city.
The routine starts off with a black wall which has a circular window in the middle. On it there's rain droplets, and city lights, rain and some buildings can be seen through it. As the first verse is about to start, the wall opens up, revealing the space dock of a large, futuristic metropolitan city with tall buildings which have screens displaying the coach with a changed hue and blue lipstick, and other screens displaying an unknown man who seems to have short curly hair, pink face paint and wears black pants, shoes and a jacket that has blue and yellow waves on the upper side. During the verses, two spherical gadgets hover and spin around the coach. The city slowly changes from a purple tone to orange, as a ship soars through the sky displaying the coach on a screen and shining a bright light. On the prechorus, the city turns to a blue tone, and several lightning strike down.
As the chorus starts, Two large machines settle on the dock. They have cables, sets of lights and screens like the others in the city. The machines rotate to reveal more screens between them. They close back up and leave the dock when the chorus ends. During Minaj’s verse, the walls from the beginning of the routine close back again. When the raps starts, the walls turn transparent, revealing the city behind, which warps around the sky, and the buildings turn into bright neon colors. As Nicki's verse ends, the city goes back to normal, and the walls appear again, and slowly open up.
As the song ends, the walls in the dock close back up again.
Gold Moves[]
There are 3 Gold Moves in this routine, all of which are the same:
All Gold Moves: Jump left and push your hands down between your legs.
Release History[]
This section details the release and removal history of Side to Side.
| Game | Date Added | Date Removed |
|---|---|---|
| Just Dance Now | March 8, 2018 | April 9, 2024, or the end of the next billing period |
| Just Dance Unlimited | October 20, 2018 | August 1, 2024 |
| 舞力无限 | December 24, 2020 | August 2, 2024 |
| Just Dance+ | April 27, 2023 | N/A |
Appearances in Playlists[]
Side to Side is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance 2018[]
Just Dance 2020[]
Just Dance Now[]
- All Songs S-Z
- Digital Dancefloor (2022)
- Digital Dancefloor (2023)
- One Star at a Time
- Ready Player Dance
舞力全开[]
Just Dance 2024 Edition[]
Just Dance 2025 Edition[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- Side to Side is the sixth song by Ariana Grande in the main series.
- However, it is her seventh song in the franchise, including Put Your Hearts Up (Just Dance Kids 2014).
- It is also the seventh song by Nicki Minaj in the main series.
- It is also one of her three songs in Just Dance 2018 (along with Kissing Strangers and Swish Swish).
- However, it is her eighth in the entire franchise, including Moment 4 Life (The Hip Hop Dance Experience).
- The official clean version of the song is used in the game, in which "hoes", "d**k", "b**ches", and "f**ks" are censored.
- The line "let them hoes in" does not appear on the lyrics at all.
- The lyric "If you wanna menage, I got a tricycle" is referenced in the ESRB rating summary for the game.[2]
- In the game, the line has been written as "If you want a Minaj, I got a tricycle" in-game.
- However, in the Just Dance Now version of the Cycling Version routine, the line is still written as "If you wanna menage, I got a tricycle".[3]
- In the E3 build of the game, the line is written as "If you wanna menage, I got a tricycle".[4]
- In the game, the line has been written as "If you want a Minaj, I got a tricycle" in-game.
- The last time "And boy"/"Got me walkin’ side to side" is sung, it appears as "Boy got me walkin’ side to side".
- In the E3 demo, Side to Side has a capitalization error where the letters "T" in "To" and "S" in the second "Side" were in lowercase, thus the song title is read as Side to side".
- Side to Side is referenced in If You Wanna Party.
- The coach makes an appearance in the background of Sunlight on a TV.
Routine[]
- The background in the cover generic is reversed.
- This was one of the songs selected for the digital qualifications of Just Dance World Cup 2019.
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
(pre-Just Dance+)
(Just Dance+)
(Space Dock)
In-Game Screenshots[]
Promotional Images[]
![Teaser[6]](/wiki/File:Sidetoside_teaser.jpg "Sidetoside teaser.jpg (40 KB)")
Behind the Scenes[]
![Concept art 1[7]](/wiki/File:Sideto_conceptart_1.jpg "Sideto conceptart 1.jpg (519 KB)")
Others[]
(UK)
(US)
(Brazil)
Videos[]
Official Music Video[]
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Gameplays[]
Extraction[]
References[]
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