Maneater

About Maneater

The 1982 number one hit for the duo, topped the charts for 4 weeks. Per Daryl Hall – John had written a prototype of “Maneater”; he was banging it around with Edgar Winter. It was like a reggae song. I said, “Well, the chords are interesting, but I think we should change the groove.” I changed it to that Motown kind of groove. So we did that, and I played it for Sara and sang it for her…[Sings] “Oh here she comes/Watch out boy she’ll .

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About this song

Credited to

Daryl Hall & John Oates, Daryl Hall, John Oates

Album

H2O · Track 1 of 11 · Opens the album

Released

October 4, 1982

Duration

4:33

Ranking

#2 most played Daryl Hall & John Oates track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

1,360,484 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: H2O