Loose (Nelly Furtado album)

Furtado wanted to make a pop record to prove to herself that she could be more streamlined. Furtado cited Madonna's 1998 album Ray of Light as a major influence, saying "she was smooth but sexy, universal, epic, iconic!" Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine suggested Furtado work with Timbaland, who had produced Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On", which featured Furtado in a remix and a remix of Furtado's single "Turn Off the Light".Mistry, Anupa. [http://www.thefader.com/2016/11/23/nelly-furtado-timbaland-loose-interview The Magical Story Of How Nelly Furtado And Timbaland Made Loose]; The Fader

Furtado began work on Loose by holding with emcee Jelleestone what she referred to as a "hip-hop workshop", in which they would "write rhymes, dissect them, and try different flows over beats." The first producers she worked with were Track & Field—who co-produced her first two albums, Whoa, Nelly! (2000) and Folklore (2003)—and by May 2005, she had collaborated with Swollen Members and K'naan.McNeil, Jason (4 May 2005). [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63038/furtado-at-work-on-third-album "Furtado At Work On Third Album"]. Billboard. Retrieved on 7 May 2008 Furtado worked with Nellee Hooper in London on reggae-oriented material and with Lester Mendez in Los Angeles on acoustic songs. One of the tracks Mendez helped to create is "Te Busqué", which is co-written by and features Juanes, who collaborated with Furtado on his 2002 song "Fotografía".{{cite AV media notes |title=Loose (Liner Notes)|others=Nelly Furtado |year=2006 |first=Nelly |last=Furtado |author-link=Nelly Furtado |type=Compact Disc |publisher=Geffen Records }}{{cite AV media notes |title=Un Día Normal (Liner Notes) |title-link=Un Día Normal |others=Juanes |year=2002 |last=Juanes |author-link=Juanes |type=Compact Disc |publisher=Universal Music Group |location=Los Angeles, California }}

During her time in Los Angeles, she worked with Rick Nowels, who co-wrote and produced "In God's Hands", "Somebody to Love" and "Runaway".

In Miami, Florida, Furtado collaborated with Pharrell (who introduced her to reggaeton and who gave her a "shout-out" in his 2005 single "Can I Have It Like That") and Scott Storch (with whom she recorded a "straight-up rap song") before entering the studio with Timbaland.Vineyard, Jennifer (20 June 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20061121023041/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1534662/06202006/furtado_nelly.jhtml "Chris Martin Covers Jay-Z—And Other Scenes From Nelly Furtado's Loose"]. MTV News. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. He and his protégé at the time, Danja, co-produced eight of the tracks, with another produced solely by Danja. For some of the beats on the songs, Timbaland finished work on ones already present in the studio that were half-developed or just "nucleuses"; the rest were completely reworked. Furtado recorded around forty tracks for Loose, deciding which she would include based on the sonics of the album—she called Timbaland "a sonic extraterrestrial" who came up with a sequence of songs that flowed, and said that the one she had devised was supposedly unsatisfactory. She recorded an unreleased collaboration with Justin Timberlake, "Crowd Control", which she described as "kind of sexy" and "a cute, clubby, upbeat, fun track".Vineyard, Jennifer (28 April 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070220081435/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1529686/20060427/furtado_nelly.jhtml "Nelly Furtado Hooks Up With 'Distant Cousin' Timberlake, Emerges With 'Sexy' Song"]. MTV News. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. Other songs considered for inclusion on the album include "Chill Boy", "Friend of Mine", "Go", "Hands in the Air", "Pretty Boy", "Vice" and "Weak".

Furtado said in her diary on her official website that she recorded a remix of "Maneater" with rapper Lil Wayne; it was only released as part of a compilation album, Timbaland's Remix & Soundtrack Collection, she also used the instrumental of the song during many television performances of "Maneater".{{cite web|first=Farid |last=Benmbarek |url=http://www.statemagazine.nl/forum.php/article?data%5Barticleid%5D=1288 |title=Statemagazine – review – Nelly Furtado |publisher=Statemagazine |date=23 June 2006 |access-date=7 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416153851/http://www.statemagazine.nl/forum.php/article?data%5Barticleid%5D=1288 |archive-date=16 April 2008 }} A version of "All Good Things (Come to an End)" featuring vocals by Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin, who co-wrote the song, was not released after a request from Martin's label, EMI. The song was released on the album, but only Furtado's vocals are featured.{{cite web

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}} Furtado explained that "Loose was 90 percent written with a beat first, and then I’d write my melodies and songs to the beat."(Posted: 17 September 2009) Jordan Levin, [https://www.popmatters.com/pm/article/111679-singer-songwriter-nelly-furtado-makes-a-smart-entry-into-the-latin-m/ "Singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado makes a smart entry into the Latin music market"] popmatters.com. PopMatters Media, Inc. Retrieved 14 November 2010.

The "off-the-cuff" conclusion to production was one of the reasons the album was titled Loose. It was named partly after the spontaneous decisions she made when creating the album.Lash, Jolie (16 February 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20060224014749/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9325140/nelly_furtado_brings_the_punkhop "Nelly Furtado Brings the Punk-Hop"]. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

The album is also called Loose because it is "the opposite of calculated" and came naturally to Furtado and Timbaland; she called him her "distant musical cousin because he was always pushing boundaries and always carving out his own path", which she believed she was doing with Loose.{{cite web|first=David |last=Bauder |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12175605 |title=Nelly Furtado lets 'Loose' on new album |publisher=Yahoo |date=20 July 2008 |access-date=5 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611134821/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12175605 |archive-date=11 June 2007 }} "I think you have to keep surprising people as an artist, and I like that—I love doing that", she said.

Loose was also named partly for the R&B girl group TLC, who Furtado said she admires for "taking back their sexuality, showing they were complete women."Gardner, Elysa (14 July 2006). [https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2006-07-13-female-singers_x.htm "Serious female singers harder to find on the charts"]. USA Today. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. She said she wanted the album to be "assertive and cool" and "sexy but fun", like TLC, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah and Janet Jackson, who inspired Furtado because, as she put it, she was "comfortable in her sexuality and womanhood" when her 1993 single "That's the Way Love Goes" was released.

During the recording of Loose, Furtado listened to several electro and rock musicians, including Bloc Party, System of a Down, M.I.A., Feist, Queens of the Stone Age, Metric and Death from Above 1979, some of whom influenced the "rock sound" present on the album and the "coughing, laughing, distorted basslines" that were kept in the songs deliberately.{{cite magazine |first=Austin |last=Scaggs |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nellyfurtado/articles/story/10603268/qa_nelly_furtado |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725135306/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nellyfurtado/articles/story/10603268/qa_nelly_furtado |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 July 2008 |title=Why Is Nelly Furtado's New Album So Loud?

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According to her, music by such bands is "very loud and has a garage theme" to it, some of which she felt she captured on the album. Furtado has said rock music is "rhythmic again" and hip-hop-influenced after it had become "so churning and boring."Anderson, Jason (20 June 2006). [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/furtado.html "Bustin' Loose"]. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

Because the mixing engineers were aware of Timbaland and Furtado's rock influences, the songs were mixed on a mixing board in the studio instead of "the fancy mixer at the end". Furtado said she preferred the louder volume that process gave to the album because she wanted it to sound like her demo tapes, which she prefers to her finished albums. She said, "It didn't have that final wash over it; it didn't have the final pressing at the end, save for a couple sounds".

Furtado said that with the release of her albums before Loose, she had wanted to prove herself as a musician and earn respect from listeners through using many different instruments on an album, which most hip-hop musicians did not do. After she believed she had accomplished that, she felt she had freedom to make the type of music she "really love[d]". Furtado's problem with hip-hop was that she did not think it was good enough to base one of her albums on, though she later asked herself why she was being "pretentious".

The album represents her separating from such notions and in her words, "jumping in the deep end of the pool—'Ahh, screw it, this is fun!'".

Furtado said she considers herself "all over the map" and promiscuous musically because she is not faithful to only one style.

For the first time, Furtado worked with a variety of record producers and followed a more collaborative approach in creating the album.

Produced primarily by Timbaland and Danja, Loose showcases Furtado experimenting with a more R&B–hip-hop sound and, as she put it, the "surreal, theatrical elements of '80s music".{{cite web|url=http://umusic.ca/nellyfurtado/ |title=Nelly Furtado :: Loose |access-date=11 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011131121/http://umusic.ca/nellyfurtado/ |archive-date=11 October 2007 }}. Universal Music Canada. Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

She has categorized the album's sound as punk-hop, which she describes as Eurythmics-influenced "modern, poppy, spooky music" and stated that "there's a mysterious, after-midnight vibe to [it] that's extremely visceral."

Furtado has described the album as "more urban, more American, more hip-hop, [and] more simplified" than her earlier work, which she said was more layered and textured because she "tend[s] to overthink things." In contrast, during her studio time with Timbaland, she said she was "in the VIP boys club of just letting go" and being more impulsive.

According to Furtado, instead of "pristine stuff," the album features "really raw" elements such as distorted bass lines, laughter from studio outtakes and general "room for error." Furtado has said Loose is not as much about the lyrics, which are not included in the liner notes, as it is about "indulging in pleasures—whether it's dancing or lovemaking."{{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20060828_132446_132446 |title=Nelly Furtado: 'I'm not Mother Teresa' |last=Intini |first=John |date=25 August 2006 |work=Maclean's |access-date=18 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052857/http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20060828_132446_132446 |archive-date=10 October 2007 }} According to her, she wasn't trying to be sexy with the album—"I think I just am sexy now," she said.[https://www.today.com/popculture/nelly-furtado-lets-loose-new-album-wbna13955827 "Nelly Furtado lets 'Loose' on new album"]. Associated Press (20 July 2006). Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

Loose is primarily a pop album with influences of dance, reggaeton, latin pop, hip hop,{{cite journal|url=http://blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3978|title=Nelly Furtado: Loose|journal=Blender|location=New York|issue=49|last=Rosen|first=Jody|author-link=Jody Rosen|date=June 2006|access-date=24 February 2019|page=101|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060810033829/http://blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3978|archive-date=10 August 2006|url-status=dead}} synth pop, Middle Eastern music,{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/06/19/loose/|title=Loose|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|location=New York|last=Hermes|first=Will|author-link=Will Hermes|date=19 June 2006|access-date=31 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402145748/https://ew.com/article/2006/06/19/loose/|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}} R&B, new wave, and funk.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9136-loose/|title=Nelly Furtado: Loose|work=Pitchfork|last=Fennessey|first=Sean|date=23 June 2006|access-date=31 January 2010}}

The opening track, "Afraid" (featuring rapper Attitude), depicts Furtado's fear of what people think of her, and she has said that the chorus reminds her of "walking down the hall in high school ... because you live from the outside in. Now that I'm an adult, I care about the inside of me ... Before I said I didn't care about what people thought about me, but I really did."{{cite web|first=Kathy |last=Inadoli |url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/alternatives/archive/2006/09/03/18135592.aspx |title=Nelly Furtado: Wings of Change, Pt 1 |publisher=AllHipHop.com |date=3 September 2007 |access-date=7 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109142350/http://allhiphop.com/stories/alternatives/archive/2006/09/03/18135592.aspx |archive-date=9 January 2009 }}

"Maneater" is an uptempo electro rock{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} song that combines 1980s electro synths and a more dance-oriented beat. The up-tempo song has prominent electropop and synthpop influences and is lyrically related to how people become "hot on themselves" when dancing in their underwear in front of a mirror.

"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland) was inspired by a flirting exchange Furtado had with Attitude, who co-wrote the song.{{cite web|first=Julianne |last=Shepherd |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/f/furtado_nelly/qa_feature_060706/ |title=How Nelly Furtado Got Her Getto Pass |publisher=MTV News |date=7 July 2007 |access-date=7 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411082519/http://www.mtv.com/bands/f/furtado_nelly/qa_feature_060706/ |archive-date=11 April 2008 }}

She has characterized the fifth track, "Showtime", as "a proper R&B slow jam".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9448129/spring_music_preview_2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316131145/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9448129/spring_music_preview_2006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 March 2006 |title=Spring Music Preview 2006 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date= 10 March 2007 |access-date=7 May 2008}}

"No Hay Igual" is a hip-hop and reggaeton song, that has a Spanglish tongue twister over "future-tropic" beats.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528196/i-week-10-songs-editors-picks.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419093516/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528196/i-week-10-songs-editors-picks.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2013|title=I Week, 10 Songs: Editors' Picks|publisher=MTV News|last1=Macnie|first1=Jim|last2=Woehrle|first2=Melinda|last3=Bottomley|first3=C|date=11 April 2006|access-date=10 March 2013}} The song contains a "sharp mix" of percussion and "empowered chanting".{{cite web|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060620/33/20bq5.html |title=Nelly Furtado – 'Loose' |publisher=Yahoo! Music UK & Ireland. Yahoo! |last=Morgan |first=Emma |date=20 June 2006 |access-date=10 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060703172009/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060620/33/20bq5.html |archive-date=3 July 2006 }} In "No Hay Igual", Furtado sings in Spanish and raps in Portuguese over a reggaeton rhythm.{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1792851,00.html |title=CD: Nelly Furtado, Loose |work=The Guardian|date= 9 June 2006|access-date=10 February 2012 | location=London | first=Dorian | last=Lynskey}}

The album also features more introspective songs, and The Sunday Times wrote that it "has a surprising sadness to it." The seventh track, "Te Busqué", which features Latin singer Juanes, is about Furtado's experiences with depression, which she said she has had periodically since she was around seventeen years old.Cairns, Dan (21 May 2006). [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2101-2184254,00.html "Whoa, here she comes again"]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. The Sunday Times. Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

Furtado said she was unsure what "Say It Right" is about, but that it encapsulates her feeling when she wrote it and "taps into this other sphere"; in an interview for The Sunday Times, it was mentioned that it is about her breakup with DJ Jasper Gahunia, the father of her daughter. "In God's Hands", another song on the album, was also inspired by the end of their relationship.

{{See also|Get Loose Tour}}

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The album was first released in Japan on 7 June 2006, through Universal Music Group before being released two days later in Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000E6G400 |title=Amazon.co.jp： ルース: ネリー・ファータド, アティチュード, ティンバランド, フアネス: 音楽 |publisher=Amazon |access-date=6 March 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000FIMII4 |title=Loose: Nelly Furtado: Amazon.de: Musik |publisher=Amazon |date=9 September 2009 |access-date=6 March 2011}}

In the United Kingdom Loose was released on 12 June 2006, via Geffen Records and was released eight days later on 20 June 2006, in Canada and the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000FIMHF8 |title=Loose: Nelly Furtado: Amazon: Music |publisher=Amazon |access-date=6 March 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000FII324 |title=Loose (1 Bonus Track): Nelly Furtado: Amazon.ca: Music |publisher=Amazon.ca |access-date=6 March 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FII324 |title=Loose: Nelly Furtado: Music |publisher=Amazon |access-date=6 March 2011}}

In 2007 the album was re-released in Germany. The re-release included bonus content.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000FIMHF8 |title=Loose+2 Bonus Tracks: Nelly Furtado: Amazon.de: Musik |publisher=Amazon |date=9 September 2009 |access-date=6 March 2011}}

During the promotion of Loose, Furtado performed at major music festivals and award shows. In Europe, she appeared at Rock am Ring and Rock-im-Park in Germany and the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands in June 2006. She performed in Canada at the Calgary Stampede, the Ottawa Bluesfest in July, and at the Ovation Music Festival in September. Shortly after her August 2006 performance at the Summer Sonic in Japan, she sang at the Teen Choice Awards. In November, she contributed to the entertainment during the World Music Awards, the American Music Awards and the 94th Grey Cup halftime show. She performed at the 2007 NRJ Music Awards, held in January 2007.[http://www.geffen.com/artist/dates/archive.aspx/aid/417/dt/01-01-2006 Nelly Furtado: Date Archive 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308111524/http://www.geffen.com/artist/dates/archive.aspx/aid/417/dt/01-01-2006 |date=8 March 2007 }} Geffen (1 January 2006). Retrieved on 7 May 2008.[http://www.geffen.com/artist/dates/archive.aspx/aid/417/dt/01-01-2007 Nelly Furtado: Date Archive 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429045601/http://www.geffen.com/artist/dates/archive.aspx/aid/417/dt/01-01-2007 |date=29 April 2007 }}. Geffen (1 January 2007). Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

Furtado embarked on a world concert tour, the Get Loose Tour, on 16 February 2007, in the UK, in support of the album; the tour included thirty-one dates in Europe and Canada, with additional shows in the US, Japan, Australia and Latin America. Furtado described the show as a "full sensory experience" with "a beginning, middle and end ... [it] takes you on a journey", also stressing the importance of crowd involvement and "spontaneity and rawness, because those are my roots, you know? I started by doing club shows, and that's the energy I love, the raw club energy of just feeling like you're rocking out." Though Furtado said choreographed dance routines were to be included in the show, she described it as "music-based ... Everything else is just to keep it sophisticated and sensual and fun."{{cite web |url=http://www.mtvasia.com/News/200704/24014242.html |title=Quick News on 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Game, Nas, U2, Velvet Revolver & More |publisher=MTV|access-date=5 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080406135309/http://www.mtvasia.com/News/200704/24014242.html |archive-date = 6 April 2008}} Furtado said she hoped to have Chris Martin, Juanes, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Calle 13 to guest on the tour, and have a "revolving door" of opening acts with Latin musicians opening in the US.Vineyard, Jennifer (27 November 2006). [https://archive.today/20130129182449/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1546489/20061122/furtado_nelly.jhtml "Furtado Lines Up Special Guests: Timbaland, Chris Martin, Justin?"]. MTV News. Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

Furtado later released a digital reissue of the album on 4 June 2021, to Celebrate the Album's 15th Anniversary. The new expanded edition of Loose featured a selection of rare remixes and bonus tracks, like a version of "Do It" featuring Missy Elliott, as well as Spanish-language versions of "All Good Things (Come to an End)," "In God’s Hands," and "Te Busque," featuring Juanes. The tracklist also includes 12 remixes, including three different ones for "Promiscuous," done by Axwell, Crossroads Vegas, and Josh Desi, and an alternate version of "Say It Right," dubbed the "Reggae Main Mix," featuring Courtney John.{{Cite magazine|date=4 June 2021|title=Nelly Furtado Releases 'Loose' Expanded Edition With Rare Remixes, Bonus Tracks|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nelly-furtado-loose-expanded-edition-anniversary-1178479/|access-date=6 June 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite magazine|date=4 June 2021|title=Nelly Furtado Releases Expanded Edition of 'Loose' to Celebrate Album's 15th Anniversary|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/nelly-furtado-loose-expanded-edition-remixes-bonus-tracks-9582688|access-date=6 June 2021|magazine=Billboard}}{{Clear}}

In April 2006, a remix of "No Hay Igual" featuring the band Calle 13 was issued as a club single in the US. During the same period, "Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland) was released for digital download in North America. Promiscuous became Furtado's first single to top the US Billboard Hot 100 and was released in Australia where it reached the top five.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/8479|title=Nelly Furtado and Timbaland – Promiscuous|publisher=MusicSquare|access-date=23 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120642/http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/8479|archive-date=29 September 2007|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nelly+Furtado+feat%2E+Timbaland&titel=Promiscuous&cat=s|title=NELLY FURTADO FEAT. TIMBALAND – PROMISCUOUS (SINGLE) |publisher=australian-charts.com|access-date=17 May 2007}} The lead single in Europe and Latin America, "Maneater," was released in late May to early June 2006. It became Furtado's first single to top the UK Singles Chart and made the top ten in other countries; it reached the top five in Germany and the top twenty in France and Latin America.[http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/10167 "Nelly Furtado – Maneater"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091519/http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/10167 |date=29 September 2007 }}. MusicSquare. Retrieved on 3 September 2006.

The second single in Europe, "Promiscuous," was released in late August to early September 2006 but it did not perform as well as "Maneater." It peaked inside the top five in the UK and the top ten in other countries, including Germany, and it reached the top twenty in France. During the same period, "Maneater" began its run as the second single in North America; it was not as successful as "Promiscuous," reaching number twenty-two in Canada and the top twenty in the US, though it became a top five single on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Releases of the third North American single, "Say It Right", and the third Europe single, "All Good Things (Come to an End)", took place in November and December, and the third Latin American single, "Promiscuous", was released in January 2007. "Say It Right" went to number one in the US and on the Nielsen BDS airplay chart in Canada (where it was not given a commercial release), and it reached the top five in Australia.[http://acharts.us/song/11440 "Nelly Furtado – Say It Right"]. aCharts.us. Retrieved on 6 May 2007. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" reached number one on the pan-European singles chart and the top five in the UK, and it was the album's most successful single in Germany, where it topped the chart, and in France, where it became a top ten hit. After the release of "Say It Right" in Europe in March 2007, the single reached the top five in Germany and the top ten in the UK, where it was a download-only release. The video for "All Good Things (Come to an End)" was released in North America during this period. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" peaked in the top five in Canada and in the top twenty in Australia, though it only reached the lower half of the US Hot 100.[http://acharts.us/song/11495 "Nelly Furtado – All good things"]. aCharts.us. Retrieved 11 May 2007.

The album's fifth and final UK single was "In God's Hands", and the fifth and final single in North America was "Do It". In May 2007, Furtado mentioned the possibility of a sixth or seventh single, mentioning the examples of Nickelback's All the Right Reasons and the Pussycat Dolls' PCD as albums that were being supported by six or more singles at the time. Furtado said she liked the possibility because she thought Loose was good and "want[ed] people to hear as much of it as possible" before she took time off.Graff, Gary (11 May 2007). [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052173/furtado-hoping-to-rock-with-timbaland "Furtado Hoping To Rock With Timbaland"]. Billboard. Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

Two other songs, "Te Busqué" and "No Hay Igual", were released as singles in other regions of the world. "Te Busqué" was the lead single in Spain because of the limited success hip-hop/R&B-influenced songs in the style of "Promiscuous" and "Maneater" achieved in the country.Iglesias, Gustavo (18 July 2006). [http://www.los40.com/articulo/entrevistas/considero/artista/latina/l40actn01/20060718l40l40ent_1/Tes/ "Yo también me considero una artista latina"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418093715/http://www.los40.com/articulo/entrevistas/considero/artista/latina/l40actn01/20060718l40l40ent_1/Tes/ |date=18 April 2008 }}. Los 40 Principales. Retrieved on 5 December 2006. It was not released in the United States, but it was given airplay on Latin music radio stations and reached the top forty on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay chart.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p451535/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} "Nelly Furtado – Billboard Singles"]. Billboard and Allmusic. Retrieved 14 November 2006. The "No Hay Igual" remix featuring Calle 13 was released in Latin America, and the music video debuted in September.[http://www.nellyfurtado.com/news/default.aspx/nid/8967/aid/417/ "A Two for One Deal"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117050703/http://www.nellyfurtado.com/news/default.aspx/nid/8967/aid/417/ |date=17 January 2014 }}. Geffen (6 September 2006). Retrieved on 6 October 2006.

{{Album ratings

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| rev2 = Blender

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B−

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| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = 8/10{{cite journal|title=Nelly Furtado: Loose|journal=NME|location=London|page=37|date=17 June 2006}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6Score = 6.4/10

| rev7 = Q

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| rev8 = Rolling Stone

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| rev10 = The Village Voice

| rev10Score = B

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Loose received generally positive reviews from music critics; it holds an average score of 71 out of 100 at aggregate website Metacritic.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/loose/nelly-furtado|title=Reviews for Loose by Nelly Furtado|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=16 August 2008}} AllMusic and musicOMH cited the "revitalising" effect of Timbaland on Furtado's music,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/loose-mw0000400240|title=Loose – Nelly Furtado|publisher=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=22 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/nelly-furtado-2_0606.htm|title=Nelly Furtado – Loose (Polydor)|work=MusicOMH|last=Murphy|first=John|access-date=16 August 2006|quote=Yet Timbaland has revitalized Furtado – this is the sound of an artist having the time of her life.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324193447/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/nelly-furtado-2_0606.htm|archive-date=24 March 2012}} and The Guardian called it "slick, smart and surprising."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/09/popandrock.shopping5|title=Nelly Furtado, Loose|work=The Guardian|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian|location=London|date=9 June 2006|access-date=16 August 2008}} Q found most of it to be "an inventive, hip-hop-inflected delight."{{cite journal|title=Nelly Furtado: Loose|journal=Q|location=London|page=112|issue=240|date=July 2006}} Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times wrote that "the music and the lyrics are mainly aimed at dance floors, and yet this album keeps reminding listeners that a dance floor is one of the most complicated places on earth."{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/arts/music/19choi.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | title=New CD's | date=19 June 2006 | access-date=11 May 2010}} In its review, AllMusic wrote "It's on this final stretch of the album that the Furtado and Timbaland pairing seems like a genuine collaboration, staying true to the Nelly of her first two albums, but given an adventurous production that helps open her songs up ... Timbaland has revitalized Nelly Furtado both creatively and commercially with Loose". She won her first BRIT Award—Best International Female—in 2007.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6360000/newsid_6363000/6363087.stm|title=In pictures: Brit Awards 2007 |publisher=BBC |date=15 February 2007|access-date=5 May 2008}}

In a mixed review, Nick Catucci of The Village Voice felt that Furtado "sauces up a bit too luridly" and lacks "chemistry" with Timbaland, writing that Loose "isn't a love child, but a bump-and-grind that never finds a groove".{{cite web |author=Nick Catucci |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-06-27/music/get-away-from-him/ |title=Get Away From Him – Page 1 – Music – New York |publisher=Village Voice|date=27 June 2006 |access-date=31 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501174408/http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-06-27/music/get-away-from-him/ |archive-date=1 May 2012 }} Vibe stated, "she loses herself in Gwen Stefani–like posturing, as on "Glow," and ethnic fusions like "No Hay Igual" or "Te Busqué."{{cite web|first=Kevin |last=Wong |url=http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2006/05/nelly_furtado_loose_interscope/ |title=Nelly Furtado – Loose (Interscope) |publisher=Vibe |date=29 May 2006 |access-date=5 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404161546/http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2006/05/nelly_furtado_loose_interscope/ |archive-date=4 April 2008 |url-status=dead }} In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave the album a "B" and named it "dud of the month",{{cite news|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-07-11/music/history-lessons/2/|title=History Lessons|work=Village Voice|location=New York|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=11 July 2006|access-date=21 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021104043/http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-07-11/music/history-lessons/2/|archive-date=21 October 2012}} indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought."{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php |title=CG Keys to Icons: Grades 1990– |publisher=Robert Christgau |access-date=21 September 2010}} Christgau viewed that its dance-oriented tracks "might accomplish God's great plan on the dance-floor. But as songs they're not much".

Loose debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling more than 34,000 copies in its first week, at that time the year's strongest debut for a Canadian artist.{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/F/Furtado_Nelly/2006/06/28/1657816-ca.html|title=Furtado gets 'Loose' on charts|last=Williams|first=John|date=28 June 2006|publisher=Jam! Showbiz|access-date=22 April 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101001410/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/F/Furtado_Nelly/2006/06/28/1657816-ca.html|archive-date=1 January 2013}} In late July, after Furtado embarked on a short tour of Canada and made a guest appearance on the television show Canadian Idol, the album returned to number one.Williams, John (26 July 2006). {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120711140419/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/F/Furtado_Nelly/2006/07/26/1703331-ca.html "Furtado reclaims No. 1 in Canada"]}}. Jam! Showbiz. Retrieved 14 November 2006. It subsequently stayed near the top of the album chart until late January 2007, when it reached number one again for two weeks.Williams, John. (24 January 2007). {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120712035111/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/F/Furtado_Nelly/2007/01/24/3438769-ca.html "Furtado, Bailey Rae make chart moves"]}}. Jam! Showbiz. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. It was the third best-selling album of 2006 in Canada, and the highest selling by a female solo artist, with 291,700 copies sold.{{cite web

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}} The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) certified Loose five times platinum in May 2007 for shipments of more than 500,000 copies.[http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226130540/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |date=26 December 2009 }} Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

It stayed in the top twenty for fifty-seven weeks.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html CRIA Search]}} Canoe, Inc. Retrieved on 7 May 2008.

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, making it Furtado's first album to top the chart with first-week sales of 219,000 copies;Hasty, Kate (28 June 2006). [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57978/furtado-scores-first-chart-topping-album "Furtado Scores First Chart-Topping Album"]. Billboard. Retrieved on 9 September 2006. it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and ranked sixty-fourth on the Billboard 2006 year-end chart.[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH Gold & Platinum Search] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |date=26 June 2007 }} Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. Loose exited the US top ten in August 2006 but re-entered it in March 2007,Cohen, Jonathan. (7 March 2007) [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1054165/daughtry-flip-flops-with-jones-reclaims-no-1 Daughtry Flip-Flops With Jones, Reclaims No. 1]. Billboard. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. and according to Nielsen SoundScan in October 2007, it had sold two million units.Jurgensen, John (13 October 2007). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119223062349357914 "Life of Danja"]. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. The album ranked sixty four and thirty-second on the Billboard 2006 and 2007 year-end chart respectively.

In the United Kingdom, Loose entered the albums chart at number five;{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/muse/23431 |title=Muse score biggest ever hit

|work=NME |date=25 June 2006|access-date=8 May 2008}} in its forty-third week, it reached number four, and it was certified double platinum for shipments to retailers of more than 600,000 copies.[http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32898 "Certified Awards – Furtado Nelly, Loose, 2 x Platinum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402074104/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32898 |date=2 April 2008 }}. British Phonographic Industry (23 March 2007). Retrieved on 7 May 2008. As of July 2007, it had sold roughly 827,000 copies in the UK.[http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=29845§ioncode=1 Chemical Brothers score fifth chart-topping album]. Music Week (9 July 2007). Retrieved on 7 May 2008. The record was certified two times platinum in Australia for more than 140,000 units shipped;[http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums.htm "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807134101/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums.htm |date=7 August 2008 }}. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. it reached number four there and was placed forty-fourth on the Australian Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) list of 2006 bestsellers. The album entered the chart in Germany at number one, spent a record forty-nine weeks in the German top ten,[http://www.chartsurfer.de/albumdetails/5315/loose.html Loose album chart details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313142927/http://www.chartsurfer.de/albumdetails/5315/loose.html |date=13 March 2008 }} ChartSurfer.de. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. and was certified five times platinum.{{cite certification|region=Germany|title=Loose|access-date=7 May 2008}} Loose reached number one on the European Top 100 Albums chart in early 2007,Sexton, Paul (19 January 2007). [http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1248727.php/Nelly_Furtado_takes_The_Beatles_spot_at_No._1_on_Euro_charts "Nelly Furtado takes The Beatles' spot at No. 1 on Euro charts"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124752/http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1248727.php/Nelly_Furtado_takes_The_Beatles_spot_at_No._1_on_Euro_charts |date=29 September 2007 }}. VNU eMedia. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. spending ten non-consecutive weeks at number one.Sexton, Paul (30 July 2007). [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1050387/timbaland-unseats-rihanna-on-uk-singles-chart "Timbaland Unseats Rihanna On U.K. Singles Chart"]. Billboard. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. By March 2007, it had been certified gold or platinum in twenty-five countries.Devlin, Mike (15 March 2007). [http://www.canada.com/cityguides/victoria/story.html?id=08fac785-e941-4e65-8739-530e82ec1052&k=58259 "Nelly soars with 'what feels right'"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012130639/http://www.canada.com/cityguides/victoria/story.html?id=08fac785-e941-4e65-8739-530e82ec1052&k=58259 |date=12 October 2007 }}. Times-Colonist via Canada.com. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. As of 2019, the album has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide.{{cite magazine|first=Richard|last=Smirke|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/publishing/8533143/hipgnosis-acquires-timbaland-catalog|title=Hipgnosis Acquires Timbaland Catalog|magazine=Billboard|quote=Nelly Furtado’s 2006 album Loose [...] which went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide.|date=16 October 2019|access-date=16 October 2019}}

Considerable attention was generated by the more sexual image of Furtado presented in promotion and publicity for the album, particularly in the music videos for "Promiscuous" and "Maneater", in which she dances around with her midriff exposed. According to Maclean's magazine, some said that Furtado's progression was a natural transformation of a pop singer; others believed that she had "sold out" in an effort to garner record sales, particularly after her second album was a commercial failure in comparison to her first. Maclean's wrote that her makeover "seems a bit forced" and contrasted her with singers such as Madonna and Emily Haines of Metric: "[they] seem to be completely in control, even somewhat intimidating in their sexuality: they've made a calculated decision for commercial and feminist reasons. In contrast, Furtado's new, overt sexuality comes off as unoriginal—overdone by thousands of pouty pop stars with a quarter of Furtado's natural talent ... the revamping feels as if it's been imposed rather than chosen by the unique, articulate singer we've seen in the past."

Dose magazine wrote that Furtado's new "highly sexualized" image was manufactured, and noted the involvement in the album's development of Geffen's Jimmy Iovine, who helped to develop the Pussycat Dolls, a girl group known for their sexually suggestive dance routines. The writer also criticised Furtado's discussion of her buttocks and apparent rejection of feminism in a Blender magazine interview, writing: "Girls, do you hear that churning? Those are the ideas of Gloria Steinem turning in their grave."Clarke, Christine (14 July 2006). [http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=82b49482-6b2d-4e5e-a649-1ac12bd7d32f "What Happened to Nelly?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012142153/http://dose.ca/music/story.html?id=82b49482-6b2d-4e5e-a649-1ac12bd7d32f |date=12 October 2007 }}. Dose. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. A writer for the CBC said that cynics could attribute Furtado's commercial success with Loose to her "amped-up sex appeal." The writer added that, the failure of Janet Jackson's album Damita Jo (2004) indicated such a move was not infallible. Furtado was "still demure compared to many of her competitors"—she avoided sporting lingerie or performing "Christina Aguilera-style gyrations or calisthenics" in the "Promiscuous" and "Maneater" videos. "Despite its dramatic arrival ... Furtado's new image doesn’t feel calculated", he said. "[She] seems to be thinking less and feeling more, to the benefit of her music."

However, a 2015 retrospective review of the album by Adria Young for Vice noted that, "When Loose{{'}}s second single 'Promiscuous' started its 24-hour rotations across Canada, Furtado was immediately and notably one of the first Canadian artists to experience public slut-shaming."{{Cite web|title=Retrospective Review: Nelly Furtado – 'Loose'|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/6xzqa7/retrospective-review-nelly-furtado-loose|access-date=2021-08-05|website=vice.com|date=29 January 2015 |language=en}} Young further contends that, "the media also focused on bullshit like the kind of 'example' [Furtado] was setting, the 'tarting up' of a Canadian good-girl, romantic relationships between her and producers, her sexual orientation, her clothing, her 'midriff' and all kinds of superficial, sexist crap that had nothing to do with her music, what her music meant or what strength it might give to other women struggling with the very same gender dichotomies and double-standards around sexuality that the album was trying to explore."

In early 2007, a video hosted on YouTube led to reports that the song "Do It", and the Timbaland-produced ringtone "Block Party" that inspired it, used—without authorization—the melody from Finnish demoscene musician Janne "Tempest" Suni's song "Acidjazzed Evening", winner of the Assembly 2000 oldskool music competition.Rodriguez, Jayson (22 January 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070125064953/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1550506/20070122/timbaland.jhtml "YouTube Clip Claims Timbaland Got Furtado Track From Finnish Dude"]. MTV News. Retrieved on 7 May 2008 Timbaland used the record of C64 adaptation of the song written by Glenn Rune Gallefoss (GRG). Timbaland admitted sampling the song, but said that he had no time to research its intellectual owner. Hannu Sormunen, a Finnish representative of Universal which represents Nelly Furtado in Finland, commented the controversy as follows on 15 January 2007, issue of Iltalehti; "In case that the artist decides to pursue the matter further, it's on him to go to America and confront them with the local use of law. It will require a considerable amount of faith and, of course, money."{{cite web |first=Olli |last=Varis |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/popstars/a/200701145593138 |title=Onko Nellyn hitti Suomesta?

|publisher=Iltalehti |date=15 January 2007|access-date=7 May 2008 |language=fi}} On 9 February 2007, Timbaland commented on the issue in an MTV interview: "It makes me laugh. The part I don't understand, the dude is trying to act like I went to his house and took it from his computer. I don't know him from a can of paint. I'm 15 years deep. That's how you attack a king? You attack moi? Come on, man. You got to come correct. You the laughing stock. People are like, 'You can't be serious.'"{{cite web |first=Jayson |last=Rodriguez |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552023/20070209/timbaland.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211191039/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552023/20070209/timbaland.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2007 |title=Timbaland in shock |publisher=MTV|date=9 February 2007|access-date=7 May 2008}}

On 12 June 2009, Mikko Välimäki, who is one of the legal counsels of Kernel Records, the owner of the sound recording rights, reported that the case had been filed in Florida.{{cite web|url=http://www.turre.com/2009/06/kernel-records-v-timbaland-enters-a-court-in-florida/ |title=Kernel Records v. Timbaland enters a court in Florida at Turre Legal |publisher=Turre.com |date=6 June 2009 |access-date=28 February 2010}} In January 2008, Turkish newspapers reported that Kalan Müzik, the record label that released Turkish folk singer Muhlis Akarsu's album Ya Dost Ya Dost, pressed charges against Furtado for the Loose track "Wait for You", which label officials said features the bağlama instrumental part of Akarsu's song "Allah Allah Desem Gelsem".{{cite web |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=131301 |title=Furtado accused of stealing Turkish folk-song |publisher=Todayszaman |date=10 January 2008 |access-date=7 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420205147/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=131301 |archive-date = 20 April 2008}}

{{Track listing

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

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| writing_width = 40%

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| title1 = Afraid

| note1 = featuring Attitude

| writer1 = {{hlist|Nelly Furtado|Tim Mosley|Nate Hills|Timothy "Attitude" Clayton}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Timbaland|Danja|Jim Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal|Vocal producer}}}}

| length1 = 3:35

| title2 = Maneater

| writer2 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mosley|Hills|Beanz}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Timbaland|Danja|Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal}}}}

| length2 = 4:25

| title3 = Promiscuous

| note3 = featuring Timbaland

| writer3 = {{hlist|Clayton|Mosley|Furtado|Hills}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Timbaland|Danja|Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal}}}}

| length3 = 4:02

| title4 = Glow

| writer4 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mosley|Hills|Nisan Stewart}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Timbaland|Danja|Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal}}}}

| length4 = 4:02

| title5 = Showtime

| writer5 = {{hlist|Furtado|Hills}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Danja|Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal}}}}

| length5 = 4:16

| title6 = No Hay Igual

| writer6 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mosley|Hills|Stewart}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Timbaland|Danja|Stewart|Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal}}}}

| length6 = 3:36

| title7 = Te Busqué

| note7 = featuring Juanes

| writer7 = {{hlist|Furtado|Juanes|Lester Mendez}}

| extra7 = Mendez

| length7 = 3:38

| title8 = Say It Right

| writer8 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mosley|Hills}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Timbaland|Danja|Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal}}}}

| length8 = 3:43

| title9 = Do It

| writer9 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mosley|Hills}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Timbaland|Danja|Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal}}}}

| length9 = 3:42

| title10 = In God's Hands

| writer10 = {{hlist|Furtado|Rick Nowels}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Nowels|Furtado}}

| length10 = 4:54

| title11 = Wait for You

| writer11 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mosley|Hills}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Timbaland|Danja|Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal}}}}

| length11 = 5:11

| title12 = All Good Things (Come to an End)

| writer12 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mosley|Chris Martin|Hills}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Timbaland|Danja|Beanz{{efn|name=Vocal}}}}

| length12 = 5:11{{efn|"All Good Things (Come to an End)" has a length of 5:41 on the Canadian CD edition of the album, where it includes a message from Furtado at the end of the song.}}

| title13 = Te Busqué

| note13 = Spanish version) featuring Juanes; bonus track

| writer13 = {{hlist|Furtado|Juanes|Mendez}}

| extra13 = Mendez

| length13 = 3:39

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{{Track listing

| headline = North American iTunes Store edition bonus trackNorth American digital edition of Loose (iTunes Store bonus track):

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140827192530/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/loose/id159916559 iTunes]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150216125804/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/loose/id159916559 iTunes]

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| writing_width = 40%

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| extra14 = Mendez

| length14 = 3:56

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{{Track listing

| headline = United Kingdom edition and worldwide 2021 digital reissue{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loose-Nelly-Furtado/dp/B000FIMHF8 | title=Loose | publisher=Amazon |location=UK | year=2006 }}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 58:49

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| writing_width = 40%

| extra_width = 25%

| title13 = Let My Hair Down

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| extra13 = {{hlist|Track and Field|Pogue}}

| length13 = 3:38

| title14 = Somebody to Love

| writer14 = {{hlist|Furtado|Nowels}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Nowels|Furtado}}

| length14 = 4:56

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{{Track listing

| headline = European edition{{cite web | url=https://www.fishpond.de/Music/Loose-Nelly-Furtado/0602498539194 | title=Loose, Nelly Furtado – Shop Online for Music in Germany }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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| total_length = 55:11

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| writing_width = 40%

| extra_width = 25%

| title12 = Somebody to Love

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| extra12 = {{hlist|Nowels|Furtado}}

| length12 = 4:56

| title13 = All Good Things (Come to an End)

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| length13 = 5:11

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{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition{{cite web | url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICF-1065 | title=Loose Nelly Furtado CD Album | website=CDJapan }}

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| total_length = 62:45

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| writing_width = 40%

| extra_width = 25%

| title11 = What I Wanted

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| extra11 = Mendez

| length11 = 3:56

| title12 = Wait for You

| writer12 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mosley|Hills}}

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| length12 = 5:11

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| writing_width = 40%

| extra_width = 25%

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| writer13 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mosley|Chris Martin|Hills}}

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| writer15 = {{hlist|Furtado|Mendez}}

| extra15 = Mendez

| length15 = 3:56

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| title18 = No Hay Igual

| note18 = featuring Calle 13

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| length19 = 3:56

| title20 = Crazy

| note20 = Radio 1 Live Lounge Session

| length20 = 3:23

| title21 = Maneater

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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

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• Nelly Furtado – lead vocals, songwriting
• Attitude – writing
• Rusty Anderson – acoustic guitar
• David Campbell – conductor
• Roberto Cani, Josefina Vergara, Peter Kent, Amen Garabedian, Maria DeLeon, Geraldo Hilera, Sharon Jackson, Joel Derouin – violin
• Luis Conte, Daniel Stone, Taku Hirano, David Schommer, Luis Orbego – percussion
• Danja – drums, keyboards, piano
• Hilario Durán – piano
• Dean Jarvis – bass guitar
• Juanes – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Steve Richards – cello
• Greg Kurstin, Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
• Jamie Muhoberac – keyboard
• Rick Nowels – guitar, keyboards, piano
• Blake O, Dan Warner, Kevin Rudolf – guitar
• Ramón Stagnaro – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Nisan Stewart, Joey Waronker – drums
• Timbaland – vocals, writing, bass guitar, drums, keyboard, percussion

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• Thom Panunzio – executive producer
• Timbaland – executive producer, producer, vocal assistance
• Nelly Furtado – executive producer, producer
• Danja – producer
• Nisan Stewart – producer
• Lester Mendez – producer
• Rick Nowels – producer
• Jim Beanz – vocal producer, vocal assistance
• The Horace Mann Middle School Choirs – vocal assistance
• Demacio Castellon – engineer
• Vadim Chrislov – engineer
• Ben Jost – engineer
• Joao R. Názario – engineer
• James Roach – engineer
• Kobia Tetey – engineer
• Joe Wohlmuth – engineer
• Jason Donkersgoed – assistant engineer
• Steve Genwick – assistant engineer
• Kieron Menzies – assistant engineer
• Dean Reid – assistant engineer
• Marcella Araica – mixing
• Demacio Castellón – mixing
• Bard Haehnal – mixing
• Dave Pensado – mixing
• Neal H. Pogue – mixing
• Chris Gerhinger – mastering
• Thom Panunzio – A&R
• D.J. Mormille – A&R
• Evan Peters – A&R coordination
• Jeanne Venton – A&R administration
• JP Robinson – art direction
• Gravillis Inc., Nevis – art direction
• Anthony Mandler – photography
• Cliff Feimann – production manager

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!scope="row"|Romania (UFPR){{cite news|url=http://www.eva.ro/divertisment/stiri/nelly-furtado-rasplatita-cu-triplu-disc-de-platina-la-bucuresti-articol-8965.html|title=Nelly Furtado, rasplatita cu Triplu Disc de Platina la Bucuresti|trans-title=Nelly Furtado awarded triple Platinum in Bucharest|language=ro|date=2008|publisher=Eva.ro|access-date=28 May 2018}}

|3× Platinum

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|salesamount=12,000,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTI3ODI3OTY2MQ== |title=Spanish album an unexpected 'Plan' for Furtado |date=30 August 2009 |work=Kuwait Times |access-date=16 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309014540/http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTI3ODI3OTY2MQ%3D%3D |archive-date=9 March 2012 }}{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFZj6BL4zl8C&q=nelly+furtado+folklore+2+million+worldwide&pg=PA24|title=Five Rings To Rule Them All|magazine= Billboard|page=24|first=Jen|last=Qilson|date=1 August 2008|access-date=17 September 2019}}}}

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