Maneater (Hall & Oates song)
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| Single by Hall & Oates | ||||
| from the album H2O | ||||
| B-side | "Delayed Reaction" | |||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Pop / Rock Dance-rock New Wave Blue-eyed soul |
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| Length | 4:33 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Sara Allen Daryl Hall John Oates |
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| Producer | Daryl Hall John Oates |
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"Maneater" is a single recorded by American duo Hall & Oates from their 1982 album H2O. It reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 18, 1982.[1] It remained in the top spot for four weeks, more than any of the duo's five other number-one hits. According to John Oates the inspiration for this song was English model and actress Kelly LeBrock.
The Hall & Oates music video opens with a woman walking down a red staircase, and the band playing in a dimly lit studio with shafts of light projecting down on them. The band members step in and out of the light for their lip sync. A young woman in a short party dress is shown in fade-in and fade-out shots, along with a black jaguar, hence the song line "The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar." The song refrain is "Whoa, oh here she comes; watch out boy, she'll chew you up; whoa, oh here she comes, she's a maneater".
In 2006, the song and its subject matter were adapted and re-interpreted by Nelly Furtado for her song, also called "Maneater" from her album Loose. The song was sampled once more in 2006 when the Ying Yang Twins (featuring Wyclef and Mr. Collipark) released the song "Dangerous". The Hall & Oates version features a saxophone solo by Charles "Mr. Casual" DeChant. American rapper Hot Karl used the music and chorus of Maneater in a song satirizing the hip hop industry, also called "Maneater". In his intro, Karl alludes to the original song's popularity, telling the audience "I don't want to see any of you really hard guys not singing the words, because I know you know 'em! You don't not know 'Maneater'!" A cover of the song is also used as the theme for the pilot episode of the Adult Swim show Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil. Hall and Oates also appeared on Will and Grace during Grace's wedding to James, singing Maneater as she walked down the aisle.
In 2009, the song appeared on the Ballad Of Gay Tony episode of the X-Box 360 exclusive video game, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City, as a part of the Vice City FM radio station.
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[edit] Legal action
In November 2008, Hall & Oates initiated legal action against their music publisher (Warner/Chappell Music). An unidentified singer-songwriter was alleged to have used Maneater in a 2006 recording, infringing copyright, and by failing to sue for copyright infringement, Warner Chappell Music were alleged to have breached their contract with Hall and Oates. [2]
[edit] Cover Versions/References
The song "We're Live (Danger)" by rapper Royce Da 5'9" (which was featured in the highly acclaimed game Grand Theft Auto III) contains a sample from the Hall & Oates song "Maneater".
The now defunct Chicago band Split Habit covered the song live, and also included it on their 2004 album Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
Las Vegas band The Kickwurmz released two versions of the song circa 1998: Maneater, and Man Eata' Digital Media House Remix.
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7714909.stm
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| Preceded by "Mickey" by Toni Basil |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single December 18, 1982- January 8, 1983 |
Succeeded by "Down Under" by Men at Work |
