Manchild in Just Dance: Decades of Hits: 2020s Track Guide

Manchild by Sabrina Carpenter is a base-game track in Just Dance: Decades of Hits, and the publisher groups it under the game’s 2020s decade. It is not a Just Dance+ exclusive and it is not gated behind Adventure Mode progress: the launch materials list it among the 35 songs that ship with the game, and every song in the base roster stays reachable through the Song Library no matter where you are in the story (Ubisoft newsroom launch release, Version 27.0.1 patch notes).

One thing worth internalizing before you go looking for it: the decade labels are publisher groupings tied to the game’s themed worlds, not a strict sort by original release year. The clearest example is No Scrubs by TLC, which the launch release files under the 2000s. So treat “2020s” as the setlist bucket Manchild belongs to, not as a claim about the song’s release history.

The complete 2020s set in Decades of Hits

Manchild sits in the largest of the six decade groups, alongside eight other tracks. Song titles and credited artists below are copied exactly as they appear in the publisher’s launch release (Ubisoft newsroom):

Song	Credited artist
Manchild	Sabrina Carpenter
NUEVAYoL	Bad Bunny
Midnight Sun	Zara Larsson
drop dead	Olivia Rodrigo
MORE & MORE	TWICE
HOT TO GO!	Chappell Roan
Across All Time	Lyra Gigavolt
Supersonic	Lyra Gigavolt
Hi Lyfe	Cult of Sound

The two Lyra Gigavolt tracks tie into the game’s story framing. Lyra is the daughter of Dr. Gigavolt and the protagonist of the new Adventure Mode, which sends players through six decade-themed worlds to rescue her father (Ubisoft newsroom). That narrative connection does not change how the songs are accessed — they are still part of the standard song list.

Across all six decades, the base roster adds up to 35 songs: five from the 1970s, five from the 1980s, five from the 1990s, six from the 2000s, five from the 2010s, and the nine 2020s tracks above. The broader collection is pitched as a multi-generational party set spanning disco through current pop (Ubisoft game page).

Finding Manchild in the Song Library

Version 27.0.1 reworked the Song Library specifically to make individual tracks easier to reach, which matters once the collection climbs past a few dozen entries (patch notes):

• Search by song title and artist — typing “Manchild” or “Sabrina Carpenter” is the fastest route.
• Sort by Opus — the Opus sort returned in this update, useful if you think of tracks by their in-game ordering.
• Filter panel — collapsible filters let you narrow the list without losing screen space.
• 12 songs on screen at once, up from 8, with smoother scrolling.

The patch notes also confirm a detail players often ask about: all songs included in Just Dance: Decades of Hits remain accessible through the Song Library regardless of Adventure Mode progress. Adventure Mode runs on its own progression track, and scores earned there do not feed into standard leaderboards or personal high scores — so there is no scenario where you have to finish story content to unlock Manchild.

If you share a console, the returning Multiple Dancer Cards feature lets each person create, rename, and customize their own card, and local guests can pick an existing card or a generated guest profile mid-session. Note that progression, rewards, and scores are shared across all Dancer Cards rather than stored as separate save files (patch notes).

Platforms, dates, and how the track reaches you

Item	Details
Base-game release	October 13, 2026
Launch platforms	Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S (Ubisoft newsroom)
Nintendo Switch 2 version	November 10, 2026, offered as a free upgrade to Nintendo Switch players (Ubisoft newsroom)
Manchild availability	Included in the base 35-song roster, playable from the Song Library
Just Dance+	Separate streaming service for additional songs; requires a subscription and an internet connection. It is not required for base-roster tracks (Ubisoft newsroom)

One more access detail that surprises people: if you own both Decades of Hits and one of the Just Dance 2023–2026 editions, the songs can be browsed in one place on the same console, including purchased Music Packs and titles available through an active Just Dance+ subscription, so you do not have to switch between separate game menus (Ubisoft newsroom).

What official material does not establish about Manchild

A few things commonly assumed about a specific track are simply not confirmed by the official material available here:

• Difficulty rating — the game page describes the overall tracklist as ranging “from easy-to-follow to satisfyingly challenging,” but no per-song rating for Manchild is published in these sources.
• Coach count and alternate routines — none are listed for this track.
• Choreography specifics — no official breakdown of moves, camera cues, or routine structure for Manchild appears in the launch release, game page, or patch notes.
• Unlock or reward codes — no official reward-code list is established by the cited sources. Manchild is part of the standard roster, so a code is not the mechanism by which it becomes playable.

If you want a practical starting point anyway, the following is general rhythm-game advice rather than a verified mechanic for this song: run it once or twice without worrying about score to learn the chorus pattern, then focus on hitting the verses cleanly, since choruses in pop tracks tend to repeat and reward memorization. Treat that as a habit suggestion, not a documented feature of the routine.

What should you read next?

For related information, explore the 2020s songs and compare it with the tips. The official trailer provides another useful starting point for planning your next dance session.

Sources

• Just Dance: Decades of Hits — official game page, Ubisoft
• Just Dance: Decades of Hits launch release — Ubisoft newsroom
• Version 27.0.1 patch notes — Ubisoft