![]() It debuted at number eight on the UK Singles Chart the week before its physical release, and a week later (on June 11, 2006) it went to number one. It was released on maxi CD as the album's first single outside North America on May 26 in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, and on June 5 in the United Kingdom and other European markets. "Maneater" was made available as a download (via the Apple iTunes Store) on May 22. The Australia-exclusive "Maneater" CD single includes a cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" recorded on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge program, on which "Maneater" was covered three times, by pop punk band Panic at the Disco, dance music duo Basement Jaxx and rock band Boy Kill Boy, whose cover was released on the album Radio 1's Live Lounge. ![]() In Australia, the CD was released in two formats, although one version (the international single) had an extremely limited run and was not widely available. ![]() Media sources compared it to the Hall & Oates single "Maneater", released in 1982, which Furtado has cited as an influence on the song.įurtado recorded a remix of "Maneater" with rapper Lil Wayne it was only released as part of a compilation album, Timbaland's Remix & Soundtrack Collection, she also used the instrumental of the song during many television performances of "Maneater". "It truly has a life of its own it makes you move", she said. A lot of people say it sounds like Peaches, because of the delivery, the spooky vocals." According to Furtado, the song is related to how people become "hot on themselves" when dancing in their underwear in front of a mirror. Final production of the track was delayed after a speaker caught fire in the studio control room.įurtado has characterized "Maneater" as "a 'couture pop' song", explaining that it is "in your face and very fashionable, stylistic and of-the-moment." In an interview with MTV News, she compared it favorably to eating too much cheesecake: "It's got a crazy loud beat, and the vocals are bitchy and loud. "Eurythmics had this spooky, keyboard-driven pop sound", Furtado said. When making the album, Furtado and Timbaland were influenced by the work of musicians from the 1980s such as Talking Heads, Blondie, Madonna, The Police and Eurythmics. She has described the song as an analogy of how she incorporated the "creative energy" of Timbaland and his production crew into Loose. "Maneater" was one of the first songs Furtado and Timbaland worked on in the Hit Factory Criteria recording studios in Miami, Florida. While it was released as the album's first single in Europe in May 2006, "Maneater" served as the album's second single in Australia and in North America. Furtado stated that Hall & Oates' song of the same name was an influence during the writing and recording of the song. ![]() It was co-produced by Timbaland and Danja and includes influences of 1980s music by artists such as Eurythmics and Hall & Oates. "Maneater" is a song written by Nelly Furtado, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, Jim Beanz and Nate "Danja" Hills for Furtado's third album, Loose (2006). You doing anything to keep her by your sideīecause, she said she love you, love you long time! When she asks for something boy she means it When she talks, she talks like she can handle it I want to see you all on your knees, kneesĪnd when she walks she walks with passion
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