The dancer is a woman. She is a tropical tango dancer. She wears a heavily fruit-designed outfit in yellow, orange and pink. It consists of a large hat that is made of various fruits, a bra top with short, feathery sleeves, a skirt with an orange paper fan, pink leggings, and pink platform heels.
Background
The background starts with everything being in black and white, with crackling effects as if it were a old movie, before having its color restored in time with the music. The scene contains an archway formed by two pink palm trees that will flash in time with the music. with a pineapple emblem at the top. The archway is surrounded by piles of fruit, various grasses/ferns, and regular green palm trees, with the backdrop consisting of floral patterns. When the pre-chorus starts, the canter of the archway will become a screen that displays the dancer in various poses. When the chorus starts, the entire scene will become a neon light show, with the archway now in front of a line of purple, flashing pineapples. The fruit pile will strobe with different colors, and the trees are now outlined with ever-changing colors. the backdrop will become black, and have a rainbow of lights cycling through. When the bridge starts, the scene will become black and white again, much like the beginning of the song. During the final chorus, the background will now have the addition of many fireworks setting off. The song ends with a big firework explosion going off behind the dancer as she strikes a pose.
Gold Moves
Classic
There are 4 Gold Moves in the Classic routine:
Gold Moves 1, 2, and 4: Shake your hands and lower your head backwards, as if you are singing. Gold Move 3: Throw your hands back and stomp your right foot twice.
Drop the Mambo has a Mashup with the theme Don't Touch, which can be unlocked for 1000 Mojo Coins (or 20 Mojo Coins for all old-gen consoles). It features dancers with the "fabulous" factor.
Drop the Mambo appears in the following Dance Quest map:
Ice Cream
Appearances in Playlists
Drop the Mambo is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance Now
All Songs A-E
Solos
Latin corner
Just Dance 2016
Just Dance 2016
Latin Corner
Solos
Unlimited A-E
Trivia
This is the first known case of a coach portrayed by a dancer of the opposite gender. It is followed by C3 of P2 from The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody).
As stated in the Behind the Track interview, the dancer was originally planned to be portrayed by an actual female dancer, but Mehdi's energy while coaching the dancer in question was what made the developers in-charge of the routine change their minds and have him as the dancer instead.
This is the third song in the series that is performed by Tom Salta.
When the song is listened on this link, some parts are slightly different than in-game.
The menu icon and coach selection screen for this song show that the dancer does not have makeup on. However, the coach has makeup on in the actual routine.
The same thing happened with P2 in Born This Way’s menu icon.
The fankit pack uploaded by Ubisoft on the official Just Dance website shows that the pictogram representing Gold Moves 1, 2, and 4 is named "lafolle_sh", which can have two inappropriate meanings:
"Folle" means "crazy" in French, but it can also translate to "fa**ot".
"La follé" translates to "I f***ed her" in Spanish.
On January 28, 2016, Drop the Mambo was free on Just Dance Now in celebration of Mardi Gras. However, it went back to being a VIP/Just Dance 2016 song pack exclusive on February 8th, 2016.
In Just Dance Now, the routine starts as soon as the loading screen fades away.
The song was played during the Grand Final of the Just Dance World Cup 2015.[4]
In a Just Dance Class video where Mehdi teaches the moves in the chorus, it is revealed that the coach is named "Rita".
On January 16, 2017, the routine for Drop the Mambo was removed from the Just Dance 2016 tracklist for unknown reasons. However, it could still be played if the console was offline.[5].
It has been restored back in the game on January 19, 2017.
The Nintendo Switch’s version of Just Dance 2017 has this song to be played through Just Dance Unlimited, because that console is not compatible with Ubisoft Club.
This song was used in a recruitment ad for Ubisoft Shanghai’s Just Dance team.[6]
When the caption "Mambo Walk" is chosen in Party Master Modes, the preview that appears on the right corner of the screen shows the coach without her chroma key.
