"Mr. Put It Down" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer

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. It was written by Martin, Aaron Pearce, Jeremy Hunter, Keith Ross, Gavriel Avinov and

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, who is also featured with a rap verse. "Mr Put It Down" is a

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song with a

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and

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influence and elements from the

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musical styles. Critics compared the song to the works by several music artists such as

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and

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. To deliver the lyrics, Martin uses processed vocals and his

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. Following its release it charted on the Wallonia

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chart at number 19 and

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Wallonia Dance chart at number 31. In ''

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''s July 4, 2015, issue, it reached number one on the

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chart. "Mr. Put It Down" served as the opener on Martin's 2015 One World Tour.

Release and composition

"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. "Mr. Put It Down" is a "funky"

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song with a length of three minutes and sixteen seconds. According to Mike Wass of

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, the song is a "raunchy

-banger" and "

-flavored jam" that lasts for three minutes and sixteen seconds. Andrew Le of ''

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'' described the single as "unashamedly party song" that channels the music "glory days" of the late

and early

. 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

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and singers

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and

. He also noted that the song contains groovy

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s and guitar licks with which help reminiscents of " Working Day and Night" (performed by Jackson, 1979) and "

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" (performed by Earth Wind & Fire, 1981). Wass described "Mr. Put It Down" as a musical combination of the 2013 single " Take Back the Night" by American singer

and the 2014 song by

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" on which

is featured as well. It begins with a rap verse by Pitbull who brags about his relationship with women. The

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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".

Reception

Critical

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 "

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". 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."

Commercial

With "Mr. Put It Down", Martin earned his first number one hit on the US

chart, in June 2015. It became his seventh top 10 and ninth song to chart overall on ''

''s Dance Club Songs. Following its release, "Mr. Put It Down" also reached number 91 on the

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and charted in Belgium Wallonia, peaking at number 19 on

and number 28 on the

Dance chart.

Live performances

Martin performed the song on the ''

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'' final on May 12, 2015. He then performed it on ''

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'' on May 25, 2015. Martin used "Mr. Put It Down" as an opener on his 2015 One World Tour set list.

Formats and track listing

*;Digital single #"Mr. Put It Down" – 3:15 *;Digital EP #"Mr. Put It Down" (Big Syphe Remix) – 4:30 #"Mr. Put It Down" ( DJ Drew & Mayeda Remix) – 5:05 #"Mr. Put It Down" (

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Remix) – 4:06 #"Mr. Put It Down" (Lexo Trap Remix) – 4:05 #"Mr. Put It Down" (

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Remix Extended Version) – 4:28 #"Mr. Put It Down" (Jump Smokers Remix Radio Edit) – 4:03 *;Digital single #"Mr. Put It Down" (Noodles Remix) – 4:11 *;Digital single #"Mr. Put It Down" (Noodles Remix Dub Mix) – 4:04 *;Australian CD single #"Mr. Put It Down" – 3:15 #" Adiós" – 3:58 #" Come with Me" – 3:37 #"Adiós" (Danny Verde Remix) – 6:47 #"Adiós" (

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Remix nglish Version – 5:18 *;UK Promo Remixes #"Mr. Put It Down" (JRMX Edit & Club Remixes)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

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