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Just Dance

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Just Dance is the first installment of the popular and long-running dance game series made by Ubisoft.

Codename#

The game was originally supposed to be called "We Dance", as proven by several folders in the game archives.1

Unused Songs#

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Found in the game files are four audio files, each for a song that went unused in-game:

Soul Bossa Nova#

Preview:
Song: Music_0x000007d4.pk

Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones and His Orchestra was planned to be in the game but was cut. It would appear in Just Dance 2.

Jungle Boogie#

Preview:
Song: Music_0x00000014.pk

Jungle Boogie by Kool & The Gang was planned to be in the game but was cut. The song would appear in Just Dance 2, but as a cover version by Studio Musicians.

Shake#

Preview:
Song: Music_0x0000091c.pk

Shake by Sam Cooke were planned to be in the game but was cut.

Land of 1000 Dances#

Preview:
Song: Music_0x00000910.pk

Land of 1000 Dances by Chris Kenner was planned to be in the game but was cut. The song would appear in Just Dance 3, but as a cover by Wilson Pickett.

Unused Audio#

Warm Up#

Preview: Music_0x0d0ba66b.pk
Song: N/A

Since Warm Up is a separate option in the main menu and not part of the track list, the preview audio goes unused.

References#


  1. https://youtu.be/57YzzWW6ir0?t=23↩︎