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Maneater by Nelly Furtado

Artist Biography For Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado Born December 2 1978 In Vancouver British Columbia Is A Canadian Singer And Songwriter. Furtado Has Sold Over 40 Million Records Worldwide Making Her One Of The Most Successful Canadian Artists. She Is Widely Known For Her Musical Versatility And Genre Experimentation. She First Gained Fame With Her Trip Hop-Inspired Debut Album Whoa Nelly! 2000 Which Was A Critical And Commercial Success That Spawned Two Top-10 Singles On The Billboard Hot 100 "I'm Like A Bird" And "Turn Off The Light". The First Of The Two Singles Won Her A Grammy Award For Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furtado's Introspective Folk-Heavy 2003 Second Album Folklore Explored Her Portuguese Roots. Its Singles Received Moderate Success In Europe But The Album's Underperformance Compared To Her Debut Was Regarded As A Sophomore Slump. Furtado's Third Album Loose 2006 Was A Smash Hit And Became Her Bestselling Album With More Than 10 Million Copies Sold Worldwide Also Making It One Of The Bestselling Albums Of The 2000s. Considered A Radical Image Reinvention Furtado Continued To Explore Her Portuguese Heritage While Leaning Heavier Into Hip Hop. The Album Spawned Four Successful Number-One Singles Worldwide "Promiscuous" "Maneater" "Say It Right" And "All Good Things Come To An End ". She Released Her First Spanish-Language Album Mi Plan In 2009 Which Won Her A Latin Grammy Award For Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012 Furtado Released Her Nostalgia-Inspired Fifth Album The Spirit Indestructible. Furtado Split With Her Management And Went Independent Thereafter Releasing Her Indie-Pop Sixth Album The Ride In 2017 Under Her Own Label Nelstar Entertainment. She Has Won Many Awards Throughout Her Career Including One Grammy Award From Seven Nominations One Latin Grammy Award Ten Juno Awards One BRIT Award One Billboard Music Award One MTV Europe Music Award One World Music Award And Three Much Music Video Awards. Furtado Has A Star On Canada's Walk Of Fame And Was Awarded Commander Of The Order Of Prince Henry On February 28 2014 By Aníbal Cavaco Silva The Then-President Of Portugal.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Maneater

"Maneater" Is A Song Written By Nelly Furtado Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley Jim Beanz And Nate "Danja" Hills For Furtado's Third Album Loose. It Was Co-Produced By Timbaland And Danja And Includes Influences Of 1980s Music By Artists Such As Eurythmics And Hall & Oates. Furtado Stated That Hall & Oates' Song Of The Same Name Was An Influence During The Writing And Recording Of The Song. Released As The Album's First Single In Europe In May 2006 "Maneater" Became One Of Nelly 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 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 Less Commercially Successful Than The Lead Single "Promiscuous". It Received Favorable Reviews From Many Music Critics. "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. 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. "Eurythmics Had This Spooky Keyboard-Driven Pop Sound" Furtado Said. Final Production Of The Track Was Delayed After A Speaker Caught Fire In The Studio Control Room. Furtado 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. 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. " It Truly Has A Life Of Its Own It Makes You Move" She Said. Media Sources Compared It To The Hall & Oates Single "Maneater" Released In 1982 Which Furtado Has Cited As An Influence On The Song. 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 "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. "Maneater" Is An Uptempo Electro-Rock Song That Combines 80's Electro Synths And A More Dance-Oriented Beat. The Up-Tempo Song Has Prominent Electropop And Synth Pop Influences And Is Lyrically Related To How People Become "hot On Themselves" When Dancing In Their Underwear In Front Of A Mirror. " It Truly Has A Life Of Its Own It Makes You Move" She Said. Media Sources Compared It To The Hall & Oates Single "Maneater" Released In 1982 Which Furtado Has Cited As An Influence On The Song. The Song Has A Dance Tempo And It Is Composed In The Key Of D Major With A Tempo Of 132 Beats Per Minute.

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