All five alternate routines, and how to play them
Five alternates, four songs, and one of them is the only way a solo player reaches "Wannabe".
Just Dance: Decades of Hits includes five alternate routines: Hello (Video Call, Duet), HOT TO GO! (Take Away, Duet), NUEVAYoL (Extreme, Solo), Stronger (Chair Dance, Solo) and Wannabe (Extreme, Solo). You select them from the song's own entry on the song select screen after switching with the routine selector.
Alternates are a Just Dance tradition: a second choreography for a song that already exists in the set. In Decades of Hits there are five, and they are not cosmetic reskins — each one changes the lane count, the difficulty rating or the staging language of the original.
Official Ubisoft in-game screenshot.
The five alternates
| Song | Alternate | Routine | What changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hello | Video Call Version | Duet | Restaged as a screen-to-screen duet; framing and camera language change |
| HOT TO GO! | Take Away Version | Duet | Converts a solo into a two-person routine with shared arm work |
| NUEVAYoL | Extreme Version | Solo | Extreme difficulty, no partner needed |
| Stronger | Chair Dance Version | Solo | Props removed, floor phrase list rebuilt and harder |
| Wannabe | Extreme Version | Solo | Turns the game's only quintet into a genuine solo challenge |
How to select one
On the song select screen, open the song itself rather than pressing straight through to play. The alternate sits alongside the base routine in the routine selector, and switching changes the dancer count and the difficulty badge shown on the tile. The alternate is part of the base game — nothing here is behind Just Dance+ or a pre-order.
Which alternates are worth playing first
The Wannabe Extreme is the most important alternate in the game. The base Wannabe is a quintet, which is unusable for a single player, so this version is the only way to play one of the franchise's headline songs alone. It is also one of only two routs in the game carrying the Extreme rating, so expect it to be genuinely hard.
The HOT TO GO! Take Away version is the best value for couples. It takes a routine that was already the most popular 2020s solo and gives it a duet structure, which flips the block's usual problem — the 2020s is where solos outnumber everything else.
The Stronger Chair Dance is the cleanest upgrade. If you liked the prop-driven base routine, this version removes the chair and replaces the sitting phrases with floor work, which makes the routine read like a heavier dance track rather than a staging gimmick.
NUEVAYoL Extreme is the hardest thing in the game, together with MORE & MORE. The base duet is already rated Extreme on its alternate; the Extreme version drops the partner and raises the phrase density.
Hello's Video Call version is the gentlest alternate. The footwork is close to the base routine; what changes is the framing, which makes it a good choice for a pair who want the song without the same camera angle twice.
Do alternates affect progression?
Alternates count as their own entries in song select, so they add to the total playable list and appear in the same completion and scoring systems as their base versions. They do not unlock anything that the base routine does not, and they are not required for the Adventure Mode campaign — that path uses base routines only.
