Mr. Put It Down

"Mr. Put It Down" was written by Ricky Martin, Aaron Pearce, Jeremy Hunter, Keith Ross, Gavriel Avinov and Armando Pérez. It was digitally released on March 11, 2015, via the iTunes Store. In the United Kingdom, it was released on May 24, 2015.

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"Mr. Put It Down" is a "funky" pop song with a length of three minutes and sixteen seconds.{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/ricky-martin-teams-up-with-pitbull-for-mr-put-it-down/|title=Ricky Martin teams up with Pitbull for Mr. Put It Down|publisher=Entertainment Focus|date=March 12, 2015|access-date=May 9, 2015|last=Ellwood|first=Pip}} According to Mike Wass of Idolator, the song is a "raunchy club-banger" and "disco-flavored jam" that lasts for three minutes and sixteen seconds.{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7584216/ricky-mr-put-it-down-pitbull-english-album|title=Ricky Martin Teams Up With Pitbull For Raunchy Club-Banger 'Mr. Put It Down': Listen|publisher=Idolator|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=March 11, 2015|access-date=April 21, 2015}} Andrew Le of Renowned for Sound described the single as "unashamedly party song" that channels the music "glory days" of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Le wrote that "Mr. Put It Down" features slick, thick and funky arrangements which according to him are inspired by the works of the band Earth Wind & Fire and singers Prince and Michael Jackson. He also noted that the song contains groovy synthesizers and guitar licks with which help reminiscents of "Working Day and Night" (performed by Jackson, 1979) and "Let's Groove" (performed by Earth Wind & Fire, 1981).{{cite web|url=http://renownedforsound.com/index.php/ricky-martin-mr-put-it-down-feat-pitbull/|title=Ricky Martin - 'Mr. Put It Down' (feat. Pitbull)|publisher=Renowned for Sound|last=Le|first=Andrew|date=March 19, 2015|access-date=April 21, 2015}}

Wass described "Mr. Put It Down" as a musical combination of the 2013 single "Take Back the Night" by American singer Justin Timberlake and the 2014 song by Austin Mahone, "Mmm Yeah" on which Pitbull is featured as well. It begins with a rap verse by Pitbull who brags about his relationship with women. The chorus of the song, features Martin singing the lyrics, "“Who has a lifetime, baby? We've got the night right now. When you see what I’m planning, you're gonna call me Mr. Put It Down.". Martin's vocals in the song are processed and he uses his falsetto to deliver the lyrics. Between Martin's parts, Pitbull talks the lines "Pitbull such a dawg" and "give me that uh!". Le also found "remarkable" that the rapper managed to rhyme, "lust can get tricky" with "Ricky".

Andrew Le of Renowned for Sound gave the song two out of five stars and wrote that Martin and Pitbull are a "mismatch" on "Mr. Put It Down". According to him Martin has a much better party songs such as the 1998 single "The Cup of Life". He wrote that the single "is a warning for listeners not to put down their drinks and get on the dance floor, but for Pitbull and Martin to put down any plans of sequels."

With "Mr. Put It Down", Martin earned his first number one hit on the US Dance Club Songs chart, in June 2015.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6612674/giorgio-moroder-returns-dance-charts|title=Giorgio Moroder Returns to Dance Charts After 38 Years|author=Gordon Murray|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=June 26, 2015|access-date=December 29, 2015}} It became his seventh top 10 and ninth song to chart overall on Billboard{{'}}s Dance Club Songs.

Following its release, "Mr. Put It Down" also reached number 91 on the Australian Singles Charts and charted in Belgium Wallonia, peaking at number 19 on Ultratip and number 28 on the Ultratop Dance chart.

Martin performed the song on the American Idol final on May 12, 2015. He then performed it on Britain's Got Talent on May 25, 2015. Martin used "Mr. Put It Down" as an opener on his 2015 One World Tour set list.{{cite news|url=http://nzherald.co.nz/trending/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503539&objectid=11434559|title=Review: Ricky Martin's Zumba remix club night|work=New Zealand Herald|last=Hunkin|first=Joanna|date=April 18, 2015|access-date=April 21, 2015}}

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• ;Digital single

1. "Mr. Put It Down"  – 3:15

• ;Digital EP

1. "Mr. Put It Down" (Big Syphe Remix)  – 4:30
2. "Mr. Put It Down" (DJ Drew & Mayeda Remix)  – 5:05
3. "Mr. Put It Down" (DJ White Shadow Remix)  – 4:06
4. "Mr. Put It Down" (Lexo Trap Remix)  – 4:05
5. "Mr. Put It Down" (Jump Smokers Remix Extended Version)  – 4:28
6. "Mr. Put It Down" (Jump Smokers Remix Radio Edit)  – 4:03

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• ;Digital single

1. "Mr. Put It Down" (Noodles Remix)  – 4:11

• ;Digital single

1. "Mr. Put It Down" (Noodles Remix Dub Mix)  – 4:04

• ;Australian CD single{{cite news|url=http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2294837/Mr_Put_It_Down|title=Mr. Put It Down by Ricky Martin|publisher=Sanity|date=March 20, 2015|access-date=December 29, 2015}}

1. "Mr. Put It Down"  – 3:15
2. "Adiós"  – 3:58
3. "Come with Me"  – 3:37
4. "Adiós" (Danny Verde Remix)  – 6:47
5. "Adiós" (DJ Riddler Remix [English Version])  – 5:18

• ;UK Promo Remixes

1. "Mr. Put It Down" (JRMX Edit & Club Remixes)  

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• List of number-one dance singles of 2015 (U.S.)

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• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTcQTWHIsAU Ricky Martin - Mr. Put It Down ft. Pitbull (Lyric video)] on YouTube

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