Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)

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"Maneater"
"Maneater" cover
Single by Nelly Furtado
from the album Loose
B-side(s) "Undercover", "Crazy"
Released June 5, 2006 (Europe)
September 16, 2006
(North America, Australia)
Format 12" single, CD single, digital download
Recorded Miami, Florida; 2005
Genre Pop
Length 4:18 (album version)
3:16 (radio version)
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Nelly Furtado, Tim Mosley, Nate Hills, Jim Beanz
Producer(s) Timbaland & Danja
Chart positions
Nelly Furtado North America/Australia singles chronology
"Promiscuous"
(2006)		 "Maneater"
(2006)		 "Say It Right"
(2006)


Nelly Furtado Europe/Asia/Africa singles chronology
"The Grass Is Green"
(2005)		 "Maneater"
(2006)		 "Promiscuous"
(2006)


Nelly Furtado Latin America singles chronology
"Força"
(2004)		 "Maneater"
(2006)		 "No Hay Igual"
(2006)

"Maneater" is a pop song written by Nelly Furtado, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, Jim Beanz and Nate "Danja" Hills for Furtado's third album Loose (2006). It was co-produced by Timbaland and Danja and includes influences of 1980s music by artists such as Eurythmics and Hall & Oates. Released as the album's first single in Asia, Europe and Latin America in May 2006 (see 2006 in music), "Maneater" became one of Furtado's most popular singles, topping the singles charts in Poland and the UK, and reaching the top ten across much of Continental Europe. It reached number fourteen in Latin America, becoming her third biggest hit to date there.[1]. It served as the album's second single in Australia, where it reached the top five, and in North America, where it became a club hit, but was not as commercially successful as lead single "Promiscuous".

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[edit] Writing and recording

"Maneater" was one of the first songs Furtado and Timbaland worked on in the Hit Factory Criteria recording studios in Miami, Florida. She has described the song as an analogy of how she incorporated the "creative energy" of Timbaland and his production crew into Loose.[2] While 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. "Eurythmics had this spooky, keyboard-driven pop sound", Furtado said.[3] Final production of the track was delayed after a speaker caught fire in the studio control room.[4]

Furtado has characterised "Maneater" as "a 'couture pop' song", explaining that it is "in your face and very fashionable, stylistic and of-the-moment."[5] 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. A lot of people say it sounds like Peaches, because of the delivery, the spooky vocals."[2] The song's protagonist describes an unsafe infatuation with a so-called "maneater", a charismatic and seductive female who uses her charm to control and destroy men's lives. According to Furtado, the song is related to how people become "hot on themselves" when dancing in their underwear in front of a mirror.[2] "[It] truly has a life of its own; it makes you move", she said.[3] Media sources compared it to the Hall & Oates single "Maneater", released in 1982 (see 1982 in music),[6] which Furtado has cited as an influence on the song.[7]

On January 8, 2006 a thirty-second clip of the song leaked onto the internet, and by January 17 the entire track had leaked. The leaked version has a different ending from the one on Loose. One remix of "Maneater" featured rapper Lil Wayne, whom Furtado said contributed "the most amazing freestyle ever".[3] The music duo JoSH, who had remixed Furtado's single "Powerless (Say What You Want)" (2003), produced a remix of "Maneater" that introduced bhangra beats into the song.[8] 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 Australia-exclusive "Maneater" CD single includes a cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" recorded on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge program, on which pop punk band Panic! at the Disco and rock band Boy Kill Boy covered "Maneater" separately. Boy Kill Boy's cover was released on the album Radio 1's Live Lounge and included as a B-side on their single "Shoot Me Down". "Maneater" was nominated for a 2006 MTV Europe Music Award for "Best Song" and a 2007 NRJ Music Award for "Best International Song".[9][10]

[edit] Chart performance

"Maneater" was made available as a download (via Apple iTunes) on May 22. 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. 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, selling just 186 copies more than Sandi Thom's "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)".[11] It stayed at the top of the chart for three weeks, and in its seventh week of release Furtado's record label deleted the physical single. It left the UK Singles Chart three weeks later because The Official UK Charts Company's rules prevent songs from charting for longer than two weeks if the physical single has been deleted. "Maneater" was Furtado's first single to reach number one in the United Kingdom, and it made her the first Canadian act to have a UK number-one single since Celine Dion with "My Heart Will Go On" in 1998.[11] According to BBC Radio 1, "Maneater" was the seventh highest selling single in the UK in 2006.[12] In early 2007 chart rules were changed to allow tracks not accompanied by physical singles to appear on the singles chart,[13] and "Maneater" subsequently re-entered the top forty on downloads alone. As of March 2007, its UK sales stand at around 300,000.[citation needed]

The single became a hit elsewhere in Europe, reaching the top five in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Ireland and Norway, the top ten in Belgium, Finland and the Netherlands and the top twenty in France. It peaked inside the top five on the United World Chart. "Maneater" was released on U.S. national television at the Fashion Rocks event on September 8, 2006.[14] It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-two, the highest debut of the week,[15] and peaked at number sixteen; it also reached the top twenty on Billboard's Pop 100. "Maneater" reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, but it was not as commercially successful in the U.S. as the preceding single, "Promiscuous", which reached number one on all three charts. The single debuted on the Australia ARIA Singles Chart on September 25 and rose to the top five the following week, peaking in its seventh week at number three. The ARIA accredited "Maneater" as a gold single in honor of sales of over 35,000.[16]

In Canada, where "Promiscuous" topped the singles chart,[17] "Maneater" reached number twenty-two on November 23, 2006 (its fifteenth week), selling close to 150 copies.[18] Its under-performance was attributed to the limited release of the CD single, which had been sold through retailers as early as "Promiscuous".[18] "Maneater" received substantial airplay and peaked inside the BDS Airplay Chart top five.[17] On November 16 it debuted on the Canadian Dance Chart, on which it reached the top ten in late January 2007.[19] "Maneater" was the eighth best selling digital track of 2006 in Canada, with 38,800 downloads.[20]

[edit] Music video

The single's music video was directed by Anthony Mandler[21] and primarily filmed on Firestone Boulevard in South Gate, California. It was shot over fourteen hours and choreographed by Frank Gatson, who has worked on Beyoncé and Rihanna.[22] The video features former So You Think You Can Dance contestant Jamile McGee as a dancer,[23] and Furtado had to schedule extra practicing sessions for her own dancing in the video.[21]

A scene from the "Maneater" music video.
A scene from the "Maneater" music video.

The video does not have a substantial plot and, per Furtado's request, focuses on simultaneously celebrating and parodying the "maneater cliché".[2] It begins with Furtado searching for her runaway Great Dane, Toby, at night in a seemingly deserted industrial district of an unnamed city. She follows the dog to the basement of a dark, dilapidated building, where she encounters a silent crowd of people in the middle of what MTV News described as a "Fight Club-esque party".[21] Furtado positions herself in the middle of the crowd and, as the initial beat of the song emerges, begins to dance with "a sense of abandon", according to Furtado.[21] This serves as the catalyst for a dance party that continues as the song plays; the music video features Furtado belly dancing and there are shots of her dancing in front of flames. Towards the end of the video, Furtado moves to the roof of the building and dances in front of the rising sun. In the end she leaves the party at dawn, finding her dog sitting at the stairhead near the exit. "I like to walk on the dangerous side of life", Furtado said of the filming of the video.[21]

The "Maneater" video premiered worldwide on May 4, 2006 on MTV Central's music video chart program Total Request Live, where it peaked at number nine the following day.[citation needed] In the U.S. the video premiered on Yahoo! Music on September 6,[24] and it was given a "First Look" on MTV's Total Request Live on September 8. It debuted on the show's top ten video countdown on September 11 and peaked at number nine, remaining on the countdown for three consecutive days.[25] The video entered the MuchMusic Countdown in Canada in the week ending September 22, and it peaked at number one in the week ending December 8.[26]

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Maneater".

International CD single
  1. "Maneater" (radio version)
  2. "Undercover"
  3. "Maneater" (Waata House mix)
  4. "Maneater" (CD-ROM music video)
Australian CD single
  1. "Maneater" (radio version)
  2. "Crazy" (Radio 1 Live Lounge session)
  3. "Maneater" (JoSH Desi remix)
Vinyl single
  1. "Maneater" (radio version)
  2. "Maneater" featuring Alozade (Waata House mix)
  3. "Maneater" (a cappella)
  4. "Maneater" (instrumental)
Official remixes[citation needed]
  1. "Maneater" (Waata house mix)
  2. "Maneater" (Peter Rauhofer Reconstruction remix)
  3. "Maneater" (Richard Vission club mix)
  4. "Maneater" (Richard Vission dub)
  5. "Maneater" featuring Lil Wayne (remix)
  6. "Maneater" featuring Da Weasel
Unofficial remixes[citation needed]
  1. "Maneater" (Axwell mix)
  2. "Maneater" (DJ Cruze Funkfinders remix)[27]
  3. "Maneater" (DJ Anthony Lago's Work Hard mix)

[edit] Credits and personnel

  • Lead vocals: Nelly Furtado
  • Audio mixing: Marcella Araica, Demacio Castellon
  • Vocal production: Jim Beanz
  • Background vocals: Jim Beanz, Timbaland
  • Engineers: James Roach, Kobla Tetey
  • Drums: Danja
  • Keyboards: Danja

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[28] 3
Austrian Singles Chart[29] 3
Belgian Singles Chart[29] 9
Czech IFPI Chart[30] 3
Canadian Singles Chart 22
Canadian Dance Chart 7
Canadian Airplay Chart 5
Chile Top 20[31] 21
Chinese Singles Chart[32] 4
Dutch Top 40[29] 10
Dutch Mega Single Top 100[33] 11
Finnish Singles Chart[29] 7
French Singles Chart[29] 14
German Singles Chart[29] 4
Irish Singles Chart[29] 2
Indian Singles Chart[citation needed] 1
Italian Singles Chart[32] 10
Latvian Airplay Top[34] 6
Latin America Top 40 Airplay[35] 14
Mexican Singles Chart[36] 25
Chart (2006) Peak
position
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[29] 2
Norwegian Singles Chart[29] 3
Peru Top 100[37] 53
Puerto Rican Top 20 Countdown[citation needed] 2
Polish Singles Chart[citation needed] 1
Portuguese Singles Chart[citation needed] 1
Romanian Top 100 Singles[38] 41
South Africa Singles Chart[citation needed] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[29] 10
Swiss Singles Chart[29] 3
Taiwanese Singles Chart[32] 8
UK Official Singles Chart[29] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[29] 16
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 13
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 24
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1
United World Chart[29] 4

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Maneater's Peak Position
  2. ^ a b c d Jennifer Vineyar. "Chris Martin Covers Jay-Z". MTV.com. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  3. ^ a b c Nelly Furtado Section. Unmusic. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  4. ^ Cairns, Dan. "Whoa, here she comes again". The Sunday Times. May 21, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2006.
  5. ^ Jolie Lash. "Nelly Furtado brings the punkhop". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  6. ^ Coyle, Jake. "Nelly Furtado's 'Promiscuous' proves old pop tradition still alive". Associated Press. June 17, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2006.; http://www.soundgenerator.com/news/showarticle.cfm?articleid=7821&CFID=20985274&CFTOKEN=62309458 http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/2006/05/nelly_furtado_m_1.php http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nellyfurtado/albums/album/10519526/review/10574365/loose
  7. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/giddyup/2006/07/27/1153816299235.html
  8. ^ http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=208791
  9. ^ http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=6480
  10. ^ http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/aguilera%20and%20evanescence%20leads%20nrj%20nominations_1012178
  11. ^ a b http://www.coolclarity.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t69828.html
  12. ^ Official UK top 40 singles of 2006
  13. ^ Chart rules are changing!
  14. ^ "For The Record: Quick News On 50 Cent, Foo Fighters, Diddy, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Too Short & More". MTV News. September 11, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2006.
  15. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "All Timberlake, All The Time On Billboard Charts". Billboard. September 21, 2006. Retrieved October 5, 2006.
  16. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Singles". ARIA. Retrieved January 29, 2007.
  17. ^ a b "Jam Canoe". Canadian airplay and sales charts. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
  18. ^ a b Arpe, Malene. "Furtado's 'Maneater' a radio hit". November 29, 2006. Toronto Star. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
  19. ^ "Canadian Dance Chart". PromoMusic.com. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
  20. ^ http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2007/17/c6663.html
  21. ^ a b c d e http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1531684/05122006/furtado_nelly.jhtml#/news/articles/1541259/09192006/furtado_nelly.jhtml
  22. ^ http://www.xanga.com/chynachuu/482626408/item.html
  23. ^ http://www.jamilemcgee.biz/home.html
  24. ^ Geffen. "A Two for One Deal". September 6, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2007.
  25. ^ "The TRL Archive - September 2006". popfusion.net. Retrieved January 1, 2007.
  26. ^ [1]
  27. ^ http://www.djcruze.co.uk/cms/2006/06/09/nelly-furtado-man-eater-dj-cruze-funkfinders-remix-part-ii/
  28. ^ ARIA Charts: Australian Chart Positions. Retrieved on November 5, 2006.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Nelly Furtado - Maneater". MusicSquare. Retrieved September 23, 2006.
  30. ^ Maneater's Czech Republic: Chart Positions. Retrieved on September 23, 2006.
  31. ^ http://www.geocities.com/chileantop100/anual2006.html
  32. ^ a b c "Nelly Furtado - Maneater". top40-charts.com. Retrieved January 1, 2007.
  33. ^ http://dutchcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nelly+Furtado&titel=Maneater&cat=s
  34. ^ Maneater's Latvian Airplay Top position. Retrieved on July 2, 2006.
  35. ^ Maneater's Top Latino Top Position. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.
  36. ^ Mexico Top 100. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.
  37. ^ Peru Top 100. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.
  38. ^ http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html

[edit] References

 v • d • e Nelly Furtado
Discography
Albums
Whoa, Nelly! (2000) • Folklore (2003) • Loose (2006)
Singles
"Party's Just Begun (Again)" • "I'm like a Bird" • "Turn off the Light" • "...On the Radio" • "Hey, Man!" • "Powerless (Say What You Want)" • "Try" • "Força" • "Explode" • "The Grass Is Green" • "Promiscuous" • "Maneater" • "Te Busqué" • "No Hay Igual" • "All Good Things (Come to an End)" • "Say It Right" • "In God's Hands"
Guest singles
"Fotografía" • "What's Going On" • "Give It to Me"
Related articles
DreamWorks • Mosley Music Group • Geffen • List of awards • Esthero • Jurassic 5 • Timbaland • Justin Timberlake
Preceded by
"I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" by Sandi Thom		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
June 11, 2006 – July 2, 2006		 Succeeded by
"Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
Preceded by
"Lay All Your Love on Me" by Sylver		 Poland Singles Chart number-one single
August 14, 2006 – August 21, 2006 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Smile" by Lily Allen
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