 " Maneater " is a song by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado from her third studio album Loose ( 2006 ) . The song was written by Furtado , Tim " Timbaland " Mosley , Nate " Danja " Hills , and Jim Beanz , and released to mainstream radio in the United States in September 2006 . The song 's musical style and production were inspired by pop arrangements from the 1980s by bands 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 . 
