Return the Favor

"Return the Favor"
Single by Keri Hilson featuring Timbaland
from the album In a Perfect World...
Released	October 7, 2008
Studio	Zac’s Upstairs (Atlanta) Chung King (New York) Hit Factory Criteria (Miami) The Village (Los Angeles)
Genre	Electropop dance-pop R&B
Length	5:28
Label	Mosley Zone 4
Songwriter(s)	Keri Hilson Timothy Mosley Candice Nelson Ezekiel Lewis Balewa Muhammad Patrick Smith Walter Milsap III
Producer(s)	Timbaland Walter Milsap III
Keri Hilson singles chronology
"Superhuman" (2008) "Return the Favor" (2008) "Turnin Me On" (2008)
Timbaland singles chronology
"Release" (2008) "Return the Favor" (2008) "Long Gone" (2008)
Music video
"Return the Favor" on YouTube

"Return the Favor" is a song by American recording artist and songwriter Keri Hilson. The song features Timbaland, who wrote the song with Hilson and her songwriting/production team The Clutch, as well as Walter Milsap. Following the moderate international chart success of Hilson's lead single, "Energy", "Return the Favor" was released from Hilson's debut album, In a Perfect World..., serving as the international second single while the urban single, "Turnin Me On" was released in the US.

As Hilson's second vocal collaboration with mentor Timbaland, Hilson stated the purpose of the song's initial conception was to re-create the success of their worldwide hit, "The Way I Are", as Timbaland called the "Return the Favor" bigger and better.

The song reached the top twenty in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany, while appearing in the top thirty of Austria and Sweden, charting in Australia and the tip charts in Belgium. The accompanying music video implements a futuristic concept and features Hilson sporting several extravagant outfits.