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Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)

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"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" by Shakira is featured on Just Dance 2018, Just Dance Now, Just Dance Unlimited, and 舞力无限.

The song also has an alternate routine titled "Football Version" and a Kids Mode routine.

Appearance of the Dancers[]

The routine is led by a female and has a male and a female backup dancer. They all have a black outline.

P1[]

P1 is a man with buzz-cut dark blue hair. He wears a turquoise blue sleeveless top with a red collar, a pair of golden yellow sweatpants, a golden chain necklace, black shoes, a yellow glove, and black sunglasses.

P2[]

P2 is a woman with long black curly hair with a blue streak. She wears a black bra covered by a red sleeveless cape, a pair of light blue jeans, a hot pink glove, and blue hoop earrings.

P3[]

P3 is a woman with long black hair. She wears a turquoise blue bra, two orange wristbands, a pair of red high waist shorts, a yellow glove, and blue sneakers.

Background[]

The routine starts with lots of background dancers copying the moves of the backup dancers throughout an African field. During an instrumental, Freshlyground’s verse, and Shakira’s final verse, it transitions to a white background with circles in different colors. When the coaches are dancing, they are sliding through different parts of the background.

Gold Moves[]

There are 3 Gold Moves, all of which are the same:

All Gold Moves: Put your hands together and move them from left to right.

Appearances in Playlists[]

Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) is featured in the following playlists:

Just Dance 2018[]

Just Dance 2019[]

Just Dance Now[]

舞力全开[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) is the sixth song by Shakira in the series.
  • Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) is the only song in Just Dance 2018 to have more than one alternate routine.
  • Freshlyground is not credited as a featured artist.
  • Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) was referenced in the Just Dance Now playlist "This Time for Africa!", which was created on May 1, 2021 to celebrate Africa Month.
  • On the thumbnail for the Bilibili preview, the space in the song title is missing, resulting in the thumbnail reading "WAKAWAKA".[3]
    • "(This Time for Africa)" is omitted.

Routine[]

  • There is a little glitch in the background during the part when the circles form: a background dancer is overlapping one of them, then he disappears.
  • When the E3 reveals for Just Dance 2018 were shown on Just Dance’s website in June 2017, the icon for The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody) accidentally featured P2 of Waka Waka (This Time for Africa).
  • On the thumbnail for the UK preview, the song title appears as "Waka Waka (This Time is for Africa)".
    • On the title, instead, it is simply credited as "Waka Waka".
  • In Just Dance Now, three additional pictograms are seen at the beginning of the routine.
  • P2 appears in the current update of Just Dance Now via its loading screen, encased in an ice-like capsule.[4]

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Extraction[]

References[]

  1. ↑ https://youtu.be/fB2MZ9iQZm8?t=519s (better source needed)
  2. ↑ https://youtu.be/IjTQTVX5YKQ?t=61s (better source needed)
  3. ↑ https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV14U4y1J7n9
  4. ↑ https://jdnowweb-s.cdn.ubi.com/prod/main/20230117_1116/web/video/Scifi_landingScreen.mp4
  5. ↑ https://vk.com/wall-91671333_7755 (Translation: "Who said #JustDance players don’t like football?)

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