{{Infobox song | name = Mr. Jaws | image = Mr jaws by dickie goodman US single variant A.png | alt = side-A label | caption = One of side-A labels of the US single | type = single | artist = [[Dickie Goodman]] | album = Mr. Jaws and Other Fables <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dickie-Goodman-Mr-Jaws-And-Other-Fables-By-Dickie-Goodman/release/1330601 |title=Dickie Goodman - Mr. Jaws And Other Fables By Dickie Goodman (Vinyl, LP) |website=Discogs.com |date=2016-10-06 |accessdate=2016-10-10}}</ref> | B-side = Irv's Theme | released = September 1975 | recorded = 1975 | studio = [[Sear Sound]], New York City | venue = | genre = [[Novelty record|Novelty]], [[spoken word]] | length = 2:02 | label = [[Cash Records|Cash]] 451 | writer = Bill Ramal, [[Dickie Goodman|Richard Goodman]] | producer = Bill Ramal, [[Dickie Goodman|Richard Goodman]] | prev_title = Mr. President | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Kong | next_year = 1977 }}
"'''Mr. Jaws'''" is a [[novelty song]] by [[Dickie Goodman]] released on [[Cash Records]] in 1975.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book| last = Whitburn| first = Joel| author-link = Joel Whitburn| title = The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tjQeP-BHy78C&pg=PA767| accessdate = 2009-12-24| edition = 8th| year = 2004| publisher = Billboard Books| location = New York| isbn = 0-8230-7499-4| page = 260 }}</ref>
This record is a parody of the 1975 summer blockbuster film ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', with Goodman interviewing the shark (whom he calls "Mr. Jaws"), as well as the film's main characters, Brody, Hooper, and Quint. Goodman makes full use of his practice of "[[break-in record|break-in]]" music sampling, in which all of the interview answers are lyrics from [[popular songs]] from that year.
The single peaked at #4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in October 1975.<ref name="whitburn"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Pink Floyd Has the Top Album |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |date=1975-10-05 |page=H-6 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ozAcAAAAIBAJ&pg=3868,1649280&dq=dickie-goodman+mr-jaws&hl=en |accessdate=2009-12-24}}</ref> On the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100, it fared even better, reaching #1.<ref>{{cite news |title=Disc Jockey Special |newspaper=The Daily News |location=Charlotte Amalie, V.I. |date=1975-10-11 |page=21 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yskvAAAAIBAJ&pg=6273,4811584&dq=dickie-goodman+mr-jaws&hl=en |accessdate=2009-12-24}}</ref>
Goodman would later make more parodies of [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] films, along with his political satire records. The B-side of this single was "Irv's Theme".
The name of the song's label, Cash Records, was another idea from Goodman after he was asked whom the record company should make the check out to.
The recording took place at [[Sear Sound]] in New York engineered by Russ Hamm. Originally, the songs were sampled; however, when the record became a hit, the songs were replaced on later pressings by sound-alike recordings.
== Songs == The songs that were sampled are:
* Main Title (Theme From '[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]') by [[John Williams]] * "[[Dynomite (song)|Dynomite]]" by [[Bazuka]] * "[[Please Mr. Please]]" by [[Olivia Newton-John]] * "[[How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)]]" by [[James Taylor]] * "[[Why Can't We Be Friends (song)|Why Can't We Be Friends]]" by [[War (U.S. band)|War]] * "[[Get Down Tonight]]" by [[KC and the Sunshine Band]] * "[[The Hustle (song)|The Hustle]]" by [[Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony]] * "[[Love Will Keep Us Together]]" by [[Captain & Tennille]] * "[[Rhinestone Cowboy]]" by [[Glen Campbell]] * "[[One of These Nights (Eagles song)|One Of These Nights]]" by [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] * "[[Jive Talkin']]" by [[Bee Gees]] * "[[I'm Not in Love]]" by [[10cc]] * "[[Midnight Blue (Melissa Manchester song)|Midnight Blue]]" by [[Melissa Manchester]]
On the album version of "Mr. Jaws", both "Please Mr. Please" and "Rhinestone Cowboy" were replaced by re-recorded budget [[sound-alike]] renditions.
==Chart performance== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1975) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4036a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - October 25, 1975}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|13 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] | style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19751018.html |title=Top 100 1975-10-18 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |accessdate=2015-10-15 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1975) ! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |- |Canada <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4057b5912.pdf| title=RPM Top 200 Singles of 1975 - December 27, 1975}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|96 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Dickie Goodman|title=Mr. Jaws|award=Gold|relyear=1975|certyear=1975|access-date=July 14, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Dickie Goodman|title=Mr. Jaws|award=Gold|relyear=1975|certyear=1975|access-date=July 14, 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==Later uses== * Goodman did a sequel entitled "[[Mrs. Jaws]]" in response to the film ''[[Jaws 2]]'' (1978). * A sequel by Edward McCormack, "The Return of Mr. Jaws", was issued in 2005.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8xnUmYykYo]
==See also== *[[List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1975|List of ''Cash Box'' Top 100 number-one singles of 1975]]
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [http://www.songlyrics.com/dickie-goodman/mr-jaws-lyrics/ Lyrics of this song] * {{YouTube|JeYCOFblZRg|Dickie Goodman - Mr. Jaws}}
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