The movie in 1989 was nominated for a Razzie Award at the Golden Raspberry Awards. This was for actor Draco Rosa for Worst New Star. But he lost out to Ronald McDonald for Mac and Me (1988).
The movie was part of a cycle of mid-late 1980s dance movies which included Fame, Flashdance, Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Breakin' aka Breakdance, Electric Boogaloo: Breakdance 2, Fast Forward, Salsa, Beat Street, Heavenly Bodies, Rappin' - with two titles from 1990: Shout! and Lambada.
Ronald McDonald won the 1989 Razzie Award for Worst New Star (playing himself) in the film Mac and Me (1988) beating out Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport (1988), Don (The Talking Horse) in Hot to Trot (1988), Tami Erin in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) and Draco Rosa in Salsa (1988).
Draco Rosa, who was previously known as Roby Rosa, was part of the Puerto Rican crossover pop group Menudo. DVD covers for the film declare in the opening line of its sleeve notes that Draco Rosa was the ''former lead singer of the super group Menudo''.