Iko Iko

"Iko Iko" by (covered by Sunscreen and credited as Mardi Gras in-game) is featured on . It was featured on 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 and , 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.
Ikoiko coach 1@2x.png|Original
Ikoiko coach 1 big.png|Remake
==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.
=== (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 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.
Ikoiko gm 1.png|All Gold Moves
Ikoiko gm 1.gif|All Gold Moves in-game
==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 . 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 .
***It is also the oldest recycled downloadable song in the series.
*Iko Iko is one of the few songs to not feature any Shout-Out Lines in the Xbox 360 version of .
*The song’s original title is "Jock-A-Mo".
*"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 .
***In the remake, however, the number of Gold Moves in Iko Iko has been decreased to four.
*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 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 , the routine is not synced with the song.https://youtu.be/Mne8wnwt8rc
==Gallery==
===Game Files===
IkoIko jd2 cover generic.png|Iko Iko()
Ikoiko jd3 cover generic.jpg|Iko Iko(/Greatest Hits files)
Ikoiko jdu cover generic.png|Iko Iko( files)
IkoIko Cover AlbumCoach.png| album coach
Ikoiko cover albumbkg.png| album background
Ikoiko cover@2x.jpg| cover
Ikoiko pictos-sprite.png|Pictograms
Ikoiko jd2 background.png|Background element 1
Ikoiko bg element 2.png|Background element 2
===In-Game Screenshots===
jd2ikoiko.png|Iko Iko on the menu
Ikoiko jd2 ready.png| ready screen
Ikoiko jd2 score.png| scoring screen
Ikoiko jd3 store wii.png|Iko Iko in the store (Wii)
Ikoiko jd3 coachmenu.png| coach selection screen (Wii)
Ikoiko jd3 menu xbox.png|Iko Iko on the menu (Xbox 360)
Ikoiko jd3 coachmenu xbox.png| coach selection screen (Xbox 360)
===Others===
Ikoiko non gm picto 1.png|Non-Gold Move pictogram 1
Ikoiko non gm picto 2.png|Non-Gold Move pictogram 2
Ikoiko cover albumcoach.png|The album coach, as seen in The Art of Just Dance (10th Anniversary Edition)
Ikoiko unfinished picto.png|The unfinished pictogram appearing in the version and in the Mashups of Dark Horse, Never Can Say Goodbye and The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)
==Videos==
===Official Audio===
Iko Iko (Tribute Version)
===Teaser===
Iko Iko - Gameplay Teaser (US)
===Gameplays===
Just Dance 2 Iko Iko
Just Dance 3 Iko Iko mardi Grass 5*
===Extractions===
Iko Iko (Full Extraction + Mask) - Just Dance 2 (Remastered)
Just Dance 2 Extract - Iko Iko -1
Just Dance Now - Iko Iko (Remake)
==References==
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