- For the title character, see Rasputin (character).
"Rasputin" by Boney M. is featured on Just Dance 2, Just Dance Wii, Just Dance: Greatest Hits/Best Of, Just Dance Now, Just Dance Unlimited, 舞力无限, and Just Dance+. It was also featured on Just Dance 3 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. The song was also available on Just Dance 2020 as part of All Stars Mode prior to the shutdown of the feature on February 28, 2023.
The song became free as part of Just Dance 15th Anniversary/Just Dance Legends playlist in Just Dance 2024 and 2025 edition.
Appearance of the Dancer
Original
The dancer is man named Rasputin, who has dark purple beard, and he visually resembles Grigori Rasputin.
He is wearing a traditional Russian costume consisting of a dark purple Russian cap covering the top of his hair, and a dark teal papacha with two red and light yellow lines, one vertical on the left and one on the tip of the papacha. The papacha is also has a red scarf belt. He also wears a violet baggy pants, and a pair of black-green shiny boots. His glove is Crimson and has a light teal outline
After Rasputin performs his Gold Move, an effect that overlaps frames of his silhouette is applied.
Just Dance Now
On Just Dance Now, his face is less visible, and he is slightly realistic. the overlapping effect at the end is no longer visible, and Rasputin's glow is noticeably stronger and thicker.
Just Dance Unlimited
In the remake, his appearance is kept mostly the same from the original, though he is slightly lighter and less blurry. His overlapping effect at the end also read albeit semi-transparent. His facial features are slightly more visible than his Just Dance Now appearance.
Background
Original
The background is a winter landscape called Yceburg Frozen Lake. It has several evergreen trees and St. Basil’s Cathedral, one of the most iconic buildings in Moscow, Russia. Snow can be seen falling in the background and the frozen lake shows the reflection of the trees, Rasputin, and the Cathedral. In Just Dance: Greatest Hits and Just Dance: Best Of, the sky is in a lighter shade.
Just Dance 3 (Xbox 360)
In this version, the background has been majorly revamped. Here, the tree is more detailed as well the Cathedral and is fully white, as if it was made of snow. The floor is replaced with a snowy surface, although the coach's reflection can still be seen on the floor.
Just Dance: Greatest Hits (Xbox 360)
The background is similar to Just Dance 3, except the frozen lake has been readded in place of what used to be a snowy surface. The stars now follow the beat as well as an occasional snowy burst on the ground. The trees have also received a slight animation.
Remake
The remake’s background is based off of the Wii versions of the routine, albeit slightly darker, and with clearer snow.
Gold Moves
There is 1 Gold Move in this routine:
Gold Move: Jump and open your arms in a straight position, and bend your legs.
Appearances in Mashups
Rasputin appears in the following Mashups:
- Apache (Jump On It)
- Dynamite
- Good Feeling
- Irish Meadow Dance (Remake)
- Just A Gigolo
- Limbo
- Maneater
- Moskau
- Never Can Say Goodbye (Best of JD 2)
- Oh No!
- She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)
- Teacher (Costume Party) (Remake)
- Tribal Dance
- Uptown Funk (Behind the Scenes) (Remake)
- What Makes You Beautiful
- Y.M.C.A.
- You’re the First, the Last, My Everything
Captions
Rasputin appears in Puppet/Party Master Modes. Here are the captions attributed to his dance moves:
- Happy Rasputin
- Kazatchok
- Mujik
Russian Airline[3]- Russian Bounce
- Russian Hat
- Russian Plane
- Russian Rumble
- Russian Sidestep
- Russian Skip
- Russian Tilt
- Russian Violin
- Smooth Kazatchok
Dance Quest
Rasputin appears on the following Dance Quest map:
- Special New Year
Appearances in Playlists
Rasputin is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance: Greatest Hits
Just Dance Now
- All Songs K-R
- Countdown 2025
- Easy Peasy Party
- Eggs in a Basket
- Lunar Arcade
- The Best of ‘60s & ‘70s!
- Global Groove List!
- Got the Groove!
- Hot Moves and Hot Cocoa
- January Jam
- Music Madness
- Power Hour
- Quest for Love
- The All Stars
- Winter Warm Up (2022)
- Winter Warm Up (2024)
- Your First Song (Outdated)
- Your First Song (Updated)
Just Dance 2016
Just Dance 2017
Just Dance 2018
Just Dance 2019
Just Dance 2020
Just Dance 2023 Edition
Just Dance 2024 Edition
Just Dance 2025 Edition
Trivia
General
- Rasputin is the first song by Boney M. in the series.
- The “overdub version” from Gold - 20 Super Hits is used in-game. This version has a shorter intro and added hand clap overdubs.
- The song fades out right before the line "Ra-Ra-Rasputin/Russia’s greatest love machine/And so they shot him til’ he was dead".
- Rasputin was referenced by Ubisoft in the ESRB label of Just Dance 2, in which the following lyric was cited: "drinkin’ and lusting,".[4]
- In the promotional video for the "Just Dance Legends" playlist, Rasputin and Another One Bites the Dust are not referred to by their song title and artist’s name; instead, the song title is replaced by "Just Dance 2" or "Just Dance 2018" and the artist’s name is replaced by "Fan Favorite".
Routine
- Throughout the series, Rasputin is depicted as the love interest of The Bride. The pair was first seen in Sugar and reappeared in Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.); however, their relationship came to an end in Sweet but Psycho. This marks the first time two coaches from different routines are canonized as a couple.
- Their pairing was referenced again in Season 1: Lover Coaster, which features classic and epic avatars of both coaches. Additionally, the quote of Rasputin’s epic avatar is "Now when I need a little sugar, I’ve got my beautiful bride.", referencing their first appearance in Sugar.
- After Sweet but Psycho, the routine I Am My Own Muse was made to show Rasputin’s point of view of the breakup.
- Their pairing was referenced again in Season 1: Lover Coaster, which features classic and epic avatars of both coaches. Additionally, the quote of Rasputin’s epic avatar is "Now when I need a little sugar, I’ve got my beautiful bride.", referencing their first appearance in Sugar.
- In the Xbox 360 version of Just Dance: Greatest Hits, the ground has been changed to replace the snowy surface (as in Just Dance 3 on that console) with a frozen lake, in order to prevent the lyrics from blending into it. This makes Rasputin the only routine to receive graphical updates from Just Dance 3 to Just Dance: Greatest Hits.
- Despite this, Just Dance: Greatest Hits uses the in-game preview from Just Dance 3.
- Rasputin resembles and is named after Grigori Rasputin, a Russian historical figure whose life is told in the song.
- The choreography is heavily inspired by the Kozachok, a traditional Ukrainian dance.
- As seen in a promotional picture, Rasputin’s boots were initially green instead of black-green. Additionally, his papacha was greener, his glove is on his left hand, and the background has more snow.
- These beta boots also seen in the updated album coach in Just Dance Unlimited.
- One of the pictograms in the pre-remake version has a double-headed arrow. Unlike other songs from Just Dance 2 that were returned to Just Dance 3, Just Dance: Greatest Hits/Best Of, Just Dance Now, Just Dance Unlimited, or Just Dance+, this was not changed or replaced by a different pictogram.
- However, as of October 17, 2019, all the pictograms were completely remade.
- The album coach was also updated to show Rasputin’s full body.
- However, as of October 17, 2019, all the pictograms were completely remade.
- In the Just Dance 2 menu icon, Rasputin’s face, cap and beard have a red outline, his papacha is darker, and his glove is on the wrong hand.
- In Just Dance 2, the props on some pictograms are yellow instead of red.
- This was fixed starting from the Wii version of Just Dance 3.
- On the Just Dance 2 instruction manual, Rasputin appears in the section about downloading DLC.[5]
- However, The Black Eyed Peas are erroneously credited as the artists, and the Duet icon appears on the top left corner despite the map being a Solo.
- The background reappears in Spice Up Your Life.
- Besides Sugar (as P1), I Am My Own Muse, and Payphone, Rasputin also returns as a playable coach in Hungarian Dance No. 5 (as P2) and Y.M.C.A. (as P1).
- Besides Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) and Sweet but Psycho, he also has unplayable cameos in Just Dance (on a stained window) and Uptown Funk.
- A picture of the routine appears in the background of the Tutorial mode from Just Dance Wii 2.
- On the Just Dance 2015 version of Rasputin’s avatar, his mouth is comparatively closer to his mustache.
- The remade version of Rasputin presents slight differences between Just Dance Now and Just Dance Unlimited: in the former game, he is in the same size as his original version and his glowing outline fades towards his feet; in the latter, he is slightly smaller, and his glow is thinner and does not fade.
- In addition, his color scheme and his textures are all retained from the original version in Just Dance Unlimited (as opposed to Just Dance Now, where he has been given several changes).
- However, in All Stars Mode, Rasputin appears on his planet in his Just Dance Now form, even though the video file is from Just Dance Unlimited’s servers.
- In addition, his color scheme and his textures are all retained from the original version in Just Dance Unlimited (as opposed to Just Dance Now, where he has been given several changes).
- As of October 17, 2019, the pictograms and the album coach have been updated in Just Dance Unlimited.
- Rasputin makes a brief appearance in the video "Ubisoft Paris - 30 years of games".[6]
- However, the Just Dance Unlimited version of the map is mistakenly used to represent Just Dance 2.
- Rasputin’s Sugar appearance is used for a promotional image for the routine.[7]
- On February 12, 2025, the official Just Dance Twitter account posted a picture of a dead Duo (the official mascot of Duolingo) lying on the floor in the setting of Rasputin, with the caption "RIP for shaking it too hard". The picture was posted in response to the official tweet from Duolingo about Duo’s death.[8]
Gallery
Game Files
(Just Dance 2)
(Remake, pre-Just Dance+)
(Just Dance 2023 Edition)
In-Game Screenshots
Promotional Images
(Just Dance Now)
Behind the Scenes
Beta Elements
Others
Videos
Official Music Video
Gameplays
Extractions
References
- ↑ File:Jeremy Coreo Proof.jpg
- ↑ https://youtu.be/RAhxbPImH6c?t=28
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Wq6evrGTUms
- ↑ https://www.esrb.org/ratings/29739/Just+Dance+2/
- ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/531135187409436702/1206520510381293638/20240212_214037.jpg?ex=65dc4ec9&is=65c9d9c9&hm=fd0938187e129211f64fa714be99936855585ee7dfb5d78c98b5744e7c2b885c&
- ↑ https://youtu.be/UdcSR5OCptU?t=90
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1810379155764193&set=pb.100067348292428.-2207520000
- ↑ https://x.com/justdancegame/status/1889646323541959012
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