#Who sings maneater download#

#Who sings maneater download#

'Maneater' was made available as a download (via the Apple iTunes Store) on May 22, 2006. IGN's review considered it too similar to British singer M.I.A.: 'the blatant attempt to capitalize on that ultimately causes the track to crumble.' The song was later ranked as the twentieth best single of 2006 at The Village Voice 's Pazz & Jop poll. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone stated that while not a Hall & Oates cover, the song 'bumps hard enough to qualify as a sequel, and that's high praise indeed.' AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine cited 'Maneater' as a highlight of Furtado's makeover, but believed that no matter how much Furtado sings about sex, she does not sound sexy and does not 'generate much carnal heat.' Ī's Bill Lamb gave the song 3.5 out of 5 stars, praising the 'powerful thumping beat and insanely catchy chorus', but considering the song repetitive and more suitable for the dance floor than radio stations. 'Maneater' earned acclaim from music critics. Maneater has a basic chord progression of Gb-Fm-Ab-Bbm The song has a dance tempo and is composed in the key of B flat minor. She stated: ' truly has a life of its own it makes you move.' Media sources compared it to the 1982 Hall & Oates single of the same name, which Furtado has cited as an influence on the song. The uptempo song has prominent rock and synthpop influences and is lyrically related to how people become 'hot on themselves' when dancing in their underwear in front of a mirror. 'Maneater' is an uptempo song that combines 1980s electro synths and a more dance-oriented beat. 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. The instrumental of this version was also used during many television performances of 'Maneater'. A lot of people say it sounds like Peaches, because of the delivery, the spooky vocals.' įurtado recorded a remix of 'Maneater' with rapper Lil Wayne, which was featured in a Timbaland's compilation album Remix & Soundtrack Collection. 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. It was life-threatening! Someone almost got first-degree burns'. We put it away for a few weeks, until we had the courage to play it again. We felt like it had the devil in it, or something. She feared something about the sound of the music had caused the flames, and for a while was too scared to work on it, Furtado also said 'actually we were scared of the beat.

Furtado has also confirmed there was a fire in the studio when she was laying down the track, revealing it left her incredibly spooked.

Final production of the track was delayed after a speaker caught fire in the studio control room. When making the album, Furtado and Timbaland were influenced by the work of musicians from the 1980s such as the Talking Heads, Blondie, Madonna, the Police, and Eurythmics. Furtado 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. The song was included on the setlist for Furtado's third tour Get Loose Tour. In the United States, the video premiered on Yahoo! Music on September 6, 2006, and was given a 'First Look' on MTV's Total Request Live on September 8. The accompanying music video was filmed by American director Anthony Mandler in Los Angeles. The song became a club hit in North America but was less commercially successful than the lead single ' Promiscuous'. Outside North America, 'Maneater' became one of Furtado's most popular singles, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and peaking within the top ten of the charts across much of Europe and Australia. The song received positive reviews from music critics, with most comparing the song to Madonna and Depeche Mode songs from the 1980s. The song's musical style and production were inspired by the Hall & Oates song of the same name and other music from the 1980s. It was released to mainstream radio in the United States in July 2006. The song was written by Furtado, Jim Beanz, and its producers Timbaland, Danja.

' Maneater' is a song by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado from her third studio album, Loose (2006).