"Mr. Put It Down" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was written by Martin, Aaron Pearce, Jeremy Hunter, Keith Ross, Gavriel Avinov and Pitbull who is also featured with a rap verse. "Mr Put It Down" is a dance-pop song with a club and disco influence and elements from the 1970s and 1980s musical styles. Critics compared the song to the works by several music artists such as Michael Jackson, Earth, Wind & Fire and Justin Timberlake. To deliver the lyrics, Martin uses processed vocals and his falsetto. Following its release it charted on the Wallonia Ultratip chart at number 19 and Ultratop Wallonia Dance chart at number 31. In Billboard's July 4, 2015 issue, it reached number one on the Dance Club Songs chart. "Mr. Put It Down" served as the opener on Martin's 2015 One World Tour.

"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" pop song with a length of three minutes and sixteen seconds. 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. 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).

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