Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)

"Maneater"
Single by Nelly Furtado
from the album Loose
B-side	"Crazy" "Undercover"
Released	26 May 2006 (2006-05-26)
Studio	The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Dance-rock[1]
Length	4:19
Label	Geffen MMG
Songwriter(s)	Nelly Furtado Tim Mosley Nate Hills Jim Beanz
Producer(s)	Timbaland Danja
Nelly Furtado singles chronology
"Promiscuous" (2006) "Maneater" (2006) "Say It Right" (2006)
Music video
"Maneater" on YouTube

"Maneater" is a song by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado from her third studio album, Loose (2006). The song was written by Furtado, Jim Beanz, and its producers Timbaland, and Danja. It was released to mainstream radio in the United States in July 2006. The song's musical style and production were inspired by the Hall & Oates song of the same name and other music from the 1980s.

The song received positive reviews from music critics, with most comparing the song to Madonna and Depeche Mode songs from the 1980s. 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 became a club hit in North America but was less commercially successful than the lead single "Promiscuous".

The accompanying music video was filmed by American director Anthony Mandler in Los Angeles. In the United States, the video premiered on Yahoo! Music on 6 September 2006, and was given a "First Look" on MTV's Total Request Live on 8 September.^[2][3] The song was included on the setlist for Furtado's third tour Get Loose Tour.