 The song received positive reviews from music critics , most of them 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 . It became a club hit in North America but was less commercially successful than the lead single " Promiscuous " . 
