 " Maneater " is an uptempo electropop song that combines 1980s electro synths and a more dance @-@ oriented beat . The uptempo song has prominent rock and synthpop influences and is lyrically related to how people become " hot on themselves " when dancing in their underwear in front of a mirror . She stated : " [ It ] truly has a life of its own ; it makes you move . " Media sources compared it to the 1982 Hall & Oates single of the same name , which Furtado has cited as an influence on the song . The song has a dance tempo and is composed in the key of B flat minor with a tempo of 132 beats per minute . 
