The Nintendo Switch has opened the door this year once again to home-based workout games, with the mega-success of Ring Fit Adventure and similar games. There are a number of options now across all platforms to get you sweating without giving up on precious gaming time. While dancing games are different from exercise games, they technically accomplish the same thing: you're both gaming and moving.

The Just Dance series is the spiritual successor to the classic arcade game Dance Dance Revolution, and it has been around for over a decade across multiple platforms. With the release of Just Dance Now for cell phones, it joins the ranks of mobile exercise games and is more accessible than ever. Just Dance Unlimited offers a staggering amount of song options - over 500 in fact - that can be a little overwhelming to sort through. If you're just starting out, and are using the game to get in a little home workout, here are some great tunes that will get you moving in a hurry.

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Updated April 15, 2022, by Michael Abayomi: The Just Dance games continue to prove their utility beyond being fun party games. They also allow players to get some cardio done with some of the games even featuring dedicated workout modes. This is why many have taken to seeking out the hardest Just Dance songs to challenge themselves with. So if you're looking for the ultimate Just Dance workout playlist, then rejoice because we've added two more songs to ours.

12 All You Gotta Do (Is Just Dance) By The Just Dance Band

A screenshot showing the routine for "All You Gotta Do" in Just Dance

Featured in Just Dance 2018, "All You Gotta Do" is the first song by the eponymous "Just Dance Band." It is a simple pop song that is paired with a straightforward routine and its clean moves might look easy enough to the unintiated.

The lyrics encourage players to "just dance" while its catchy grooves and earworm melodies propel them to do so, but don't let that fool you into thinking you won't be working up a sweat while you are at it.

11 Dharma (Fight Version) By Headhunterz & KSHMR

A screenshot showing the routine for "Dharma (Fight Version)" in Just Dance

As though the original routine wasn't enough of a workout already, the Fighter Version of Dharma by Headhunterz & KSHMR takes the EDM song's dance routine to the next level.

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The routine is inspired by old martial arts films, and as such, has players performing moves that mimic the ones done by the various kung fu masters. So while we'd like to advise you to avoid smacking your dance partner in the face during the routine, chances are you'll both be too busy trying not to topple over from the complexity of some of its moves.

10 Juice By Lizzo

Just Dance Juice

Lizzo's Juice leans into the home workout aspect of Just Dance, both aesthetically and aerobically. It features a trio of dancers decked out in workout gear inspired by the '80s fitness craze: all sweatbands, leotards, and neon. Pro-tip: following the middle dancer gets you the best workout.

The dance moves involve a lot of stylized stretching, so it might make for a good warm-up or cool-down number. But the constant bouncing to this upbeat tune still makes it a decent little cardio number as well.

9 Que Tire Pa Lante By Daddy Yankee

Just Dance Que Tira Pa Lante

Que Tire Pa Lante has a laid-back beat and frantic vocals, giving it both fun and frenetic vibes that are perfect for a workout. The design features four wrestlers in bright costumes, dancing around a ring, so this is the perfect way to rope your cohabitors into working out with you.

The choreography mimics the music; there isn't a lot of crazy leaping around, but don't be fooled into thinking this is a low-energy dance. This dance will have you in a squat most of the time, and the constant mini-movements will have your leg muscles burning by the end.

8 Paca Dance By The Just Dance Band

Just Dance Paca Dance

Paca Dance is one of the few original songs created especially for the Just Dance series, and while it might be a little basic, it's incredibly catchy and high energy — perfect for a home workout.

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Paca Dance features plenty of jumping, hand waving, and hair whips to get the blood pumping. This upbeat number will have you smiling while you sweat.

7 Footloose By Kenny Loggins

Just Dance Footloose

This classic by Kenny Loggins is happiness in a song, with a healthy dose of nostalgia. Footloose features a lot of very simple dance moves that require a lot of energy to perform for three-and-a-half minutes straight. In other words, it's the perfect song for when you don't want to think, and just want to move.

While this number won't be quite as hardcore a workout as Kevin Bacon's warehouse dance from the classic 80s movie, if you give the same amount of enthusiasm as the on-screen dancing office worker, it will definitely put you out of breath.

6 I Don't Feel Like Dancing By Scissor Sisters

Just Dance I Don't Feel Like Dancing

This song is here for any fans of irony, and to honor those of us who hate exercising unless it's part of a videogame. I Don't Feel Like Dancing is the most cheerful and productive way of complaining while you work out, and the odd choice of background and character art will at least distract you from the ton of ski-jump moves peppered throughout this routine. This dance is definitely a workout.

Pro tip: learn the words, even if they don't exactly help with morale. If you're not out of breath by the end of this song, you haven't been singing along.

5 Don't Stop Me Now By Queen

Just Dance Don't Stop Me Now

Everyone needs a little more Freddie Mercury in their life. This song features a dancer wearing what looks like an amalgamation of a number of Freddy's stage costumes (with a little David Bowie-style face painting thrown in). The background adds to the psychedelic feel, as you dance through fields of giant broccoli and cabbages and are serenaded by floating animals.

The dramatic and inventive feel of Queen's music and the art in this song are also reflected in the dance moves — you'll be doing some classic musical theater box stepping in-between leaping lunges and dramatic hand waving.

4 Gangnam Style By Psy

Just Dance Gangnam Style

Just Dance has added some truly great new K-Pop tunes with the 2021 version, including Feel Special by Twice, and Ice Cream by BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez. But you can't go wrong with a classic, and Gangnam Style by Psy will have you pumped up through those iconic dance moves.

The giddy-up move might not exactly be trendy anymore, but home workouts, far away from judging eyes, are the perfect place to break them out. These classic moves will certainly help work up a sweat.

3 Break Free By Ariana Grande

Just Dance Break Free

Break Free is only rated as a Moderate level in Just Dance's sweat mode, and the dance moves are simple enough to learn (although surprisingly hard to get exactly right). But whoever rated it that easy underestimated the power of Ariana Grande to get a person moving.

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The backdrop and costume of the song are done in traditional American superhero comics style and the punchy colors and Batman-style onomatopoeia (POW!) encourage you to dance all out. The choreography involves a lot of large movements that get you feeling the cardio, but this modern classic song is so fun you won't even notice you're sweating.

2 Beware Of The Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke) By Panjabi MC

Just Dance Beware Of The Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)e

Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke) is a banger of a bhangra song. It has a bit of a 90s hip-hop vibe to it that Just Dance leans into with some retro, neon graffiti in the backdrop. The song features a quartet of dancers, decked out in sportswear with influences from traditional Indian clothing.

The moves will have you leaping non-stop and works both arms and legs simultaneously, making for a great, heart-racing workout.

1 Rasputin By Boney M.

Rasputin dance in Just Dance

Rasputin is a song with a semi-historical, semi-legendary foundation to its lyrics. It tells the tale of the self-professed mystic, holy man, and healer, the Russian man Rasputin, and his affiliation with the Czar Nicolai Romanov (or mostly, according to the song, his wife, Alexandra). The song features a man in traditional Russian garb, dancing in front of a wintry background.

The dance moves are simple and hardly ever off the beat, making this song almost like a rhythm game. They are repetitive enough to get down on the first or second try - with the key phrase being "get down." This track features a heck of a lot of a move that involves squatting to the ground and kicking out a leg, then jumping back up. If you've skipped leg day, this song is for you.

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