Mashed Potato Time

**"Mashed Potato Time"** by Dee Dee Sharp is featured on *Just Dance*, *Just Dance 3* (as a downloadable track exclusive to Xbox 360), *Just Dance Now*, and *Just Dance Unlimited.*

## Appearance of the Dancer

### Original

The dancer is a woman who resembles a 1950s housewife. She is wearing a polka dot pink and white dress with blue ruffles on her sleeve, a blue and white apron, a pair of pink and blue shoes, and has pink hair tied in a bun.

### Remake

No visible differences are shown, except for the fact that the dancer seems to be more realistic, and that she is in a slightly lighter hue. Also, her outline has changed from violet to magenta. Her pumps are now blue. Her hair has notably gotten darker. (Truly...)

## Background

### *Just Dance*

The routine takes place in front of a light blue animated curtain with many dots and cherries on it, and a red line at its bottom. If you look closely, you can notice that the curtain slightly moves a bit.

### *Just Dance 3*

In this version, the curtain is replaced by a dark blue wall with several mirrors. The cherries are hanging on them and they sway to the beat of the song.

### Remake

The background is the same from the *Just Dance 3* version. However, the cherries now glow every beat, and the background is darker.

## Gold Moves

There are 2 **Gold Moves** in this routine, both of which are the same; they are not available in *Just Dance.* So*,*:

**Both Gold Moves:** Swing your right hand down as if to wipe away sweat.

## Appearances in Mashups

*Mashed Potato Time* appears in the following Mashup:

* *We No Speak Americano*

## Captions

*Mashed Potato Time* appears in Puppet Master Modes. Here are the captions attributed to her dance moves:

* Bake A Cake
* Housewife
* Sweep The Floor

## Appearances in Playlists

*Mashed Potato Time* is featured in the following playlists:

### *Just Dance 2019*

* The Swingin’ 60s
* *Just Dance*

## Trivia

### General

* *Mashed Potato Time* is the oldest song in *Just Dance*.
* *Mashed Potato Time* is referenced in *Land Of 1000 Dances*.
* This song references *The Lion Sleeps Tonight*.
* *Just Dance* and *Just Dance 3* have a lyric error: a line reads "Feel it in your feet now" instead of "Peel it to me now". This was later fixed in the remake.
* From *Just Dance 3* onwards, the first time "Potato" is sung, it is misspelled in the lyrics as "Patato".
* In *Just Dance Now*, the song was mistakenly placed between *Party Rock Anthem* and *Pound The Alarm* for a long time; this is because its code name is *Potato*.
* In *Just Dance Now*, the first and third time "Hmm" is sung, it is not highlighted.
	+ Also, when "Peel it to me now" is sung, "now" is not highlighted, despite still being sung.

### Routine

* *Mashed Potato Time* is the only song in *Just Dance* with a difficulty rating and an effort rating of 1.
* In the *Just Dance* menu icon, the coach’s hair and dress are hot pink, and her apron has hot pink lines on it (instead of white ones).
* The original version has 26 pictograms, making *Mashed Potato Time* the routine with the fewest pictograms in the original *Just Dance* game.
	+ However, the *Just Dance 3* version only has 20 making it the song with the least amount of pictograms in *Just Dance 3* and the entire series, thus holding three records.
* The following activities are shown by the pictograms: Vacuuming, holding a baby, cleaning the dishes, cleaning the windows, being tired, cooking, sweating, and peeling potatoes.
* In *Just Dance*, the apron disappears after the coach throws it away; in later games, it remains visible.
* In *Just Dance*, the menu shows the title as *Mashed Potato Time*. However, the banner that appears before starting the routine says *It’s Mashed Potato Time*.
* The *Just Dance Unlimited* album coach is done with a white fade in the style of the *Just Dance 2014* and *Just Dance 2015* album coaches.
* In versions after *Just Dance*, when the coach throws the apron, it can visibly be seen being stopped by an invisible wall.

## Gallery

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