“Fins” by Jimmy Buffett

"Fins" comes off Volcano, Jimmy Buffett's 1979 album, and MCA sent it out as a single that July with "Dreamsicle" on the flip. Buffett wrote it with Coral Reefer Band members Deborah McColl and Barry Chance and the author Tom Corcoran, and Norbert Putnam produced. The fins belong to land sharks, men circling the woman in the song until she feels like a remora. It reached 35 on the Hot 100, and Cash Box liked its swinging, Florida-style southern pop-rock and its neat double meaning.

A fan favorite, it became one of "The Big 8" he played at almost every show, usually kicking off with a snatch of the Jaws theme while the crowd made fins of their arms and swayed them side to side. In 2009 he rewrote the words for the Miami Dolphins, who play it at home games and after every touchdown.

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