December 18, 1982 –
Daryl Hall and John Oates‘ single Maneater was #1 on the Billboard charts, on this date.
This is one of several Hall & Oates songs that Daryl Hall’s longtime girlfriend Sara Allen had a hand in writing – she’s credited on the track along with the duo. According to Hall, his original lyric had some additional words in the chorus after “she’s a maneater.” Allen convinced him to end the line there, which Hall says made the song come together.
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