Complete List Of Paul Simon Songs From A to Z

Paul Simon redefined what it meant to be a singer-songwriter by weaving poetic lyricism with innovative musical arrangements, forging a career that blends folk, rock, and global sounds into a body of work unparalleled in its artistry. Born on October 13, 1941, in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in Queens, New York, Simon first found his musical footing alongside Art Garfunkel. The two met in elementary school and formed a duo that would later become Simon & Garfunkel, one of the most iconic musical acts of the 1960s. Their early collaboration under the moniker “Tom & Jerry” gave them their first taste of success with the single “Hey Schoolgirl” in 1957.

Simon & Garfunkel’s partnership gained international acclaim with hits like “The Sound of Silence,” “Mrs. Robinson,” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the latter becoming a defining anthem of its era. Their five studio albums, including Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) and Bookends (1968), showcased Simon’s talent for introspective songwriting and innovative storytelling. The duo disbanded in 1970, with Simon embarking on a solo career that would expand his musical horizons even further.

As a solo artist, Paul Simon released 14 studio albums, beginning with his self-titled debut in 1972. His exploration of diverse musical styles reached new heights with Graceland (1986), an album that blended American pop with South African mbaqanga rhythms, breaking cultural barriers and popularizing world music. Songs like “You Can Call Me Al” and “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” not only topped charts but also sparked conversations about cultural appreciation and collaboration.

Simon’s career has been marked by numerous accolades, including 12 Grammy Awards, two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions (with Simon & Garfunkel in 1990 and as a solo artist in 2001), and the inaugural Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007. Beyond the awards, his work has been praised for its emotional resonance and ability to connect with audiences across generations, making him one of the most celebrated songwriters of his time.

In addition to his music, Paul Simon has been a dedicated philanthropist. He co-founded the Children’s Health Fund in 1987, which provides mobile healthcare services to underserved children in the United States. His commitment to social causes has amplified his legacy as an artist who uses his platform for good.

Simon’s ability to innovate has not waned in recent years. Even as he faced personal challenges, such as hearing loss in one ear, he continued to create and perform. His 2024 private concert was a testament to his enduring dedication to his craft, proving that his artistic voice remains as vital as ever.

What sets Paul Simon apart is his masterful storytelling, his willingness to experiment with new sounds, and his unmatched ability to connect personal experiences with universal truths. Whether as part of Simon & Garfunkel or in his solo endeavors, Simon has crafted a career that is both deeply personal and globally resonant, cementing his place as a legend in the music industry.

“50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“7 O’Clock News/Silent Night” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“Ace in the Hole” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“A Church Is Burning” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“Adios Hermanos” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“The Afterlife” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“A Hazy Shade of Winter” – Bookends (1968)
“All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints” – Graceland (1986)
“All Because of You” – One-Trick Pony (Reissue, 2004)
“Allergies” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“All Through the Night” – Non-album single (1960)
“America” – Bookends (1968)
“American Tune” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“A Mile Out of Memphis” – Go Cat Go (1996)
“A Most Peculiar Man” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“Amulet” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“Anna Belle” – Non-album single (1958)
“Anji” – Sounds of Silence (1966)
“Another Galaxy” – Surprise (2006)
“A Poem on the Underground Wall” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“April Come She Will” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission)” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“At the Zoo” – Bookends (1968)
“Armistice Day” – Paul Simon (1972)
“Baby Driver” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“Barbriallen” – Sounds of Silence (Reissue, 2001)
“Beautiful” – Surprise (2006)
“Benedictus” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“Bernadette” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“Black Slacks” – Old Friends (1997)
“Born at the Right Time” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Born in Puerto Rico” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“The Boxer” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“The Boy in the Bubble” – Graceland (1986)
“Bleecker Street” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“Blessed” – Sounds of Silence (1966)
“The Blues” – Trouble in Paradise (1983)
“Blues Run the Game” – Sounds of Silence (Reissue, 2001)
“Bookends” – Bookends (1968)
“Bridge over Troubled Water” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“Bye Bye Love” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)

“Can I Forgive Him” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“Can’t Run But” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Cards of Love” – Non-album single (1962)
“Cars Are Cars” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“Cecilia” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“Citizen of the Planet” – Old Friends: Live on Stage (2004)
“The Clock” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“Cloudy” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“The Coast” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Comfort and Joy” – Old Friends (1997)
“Congratulations” – Paul Simon (1972)
“The Cool, Cool River” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Cool Papa Bell” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“Crazy Love, Vol. II” – Graceland (1986)
“Cry, Little Boy, Cry” – Non-album single (1962)
“Cuba Si, Nixon No” – Non-album single (1970)
“Dancin’ Wild” – Non-album single (1957)
“The Dangling Conversation” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“Darling Lorraine” – You’re the One (2000)
“Dazzling Blue” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” – Graceland (1986)
“Don’t Take the Stars” – Non-album single (1958)
“Duncan” – Paul Simon (1972)
“El Condor Pasa (If I Could)” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“Everything Put Together Falls Apart” – Paul Simon (1972)
“Everything About It Is a Love Song” – Surprise (2006)
“Express Train” – Non-album single (1962)

“Fakin’ It” – Bookends (1968)
“Fast Car” – Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant (2007)
“Father and Daughter” – The Wild Thornberrys Movie (Music from the Motion Picture) (2003)
“Feuilles-O” – Old Friends (1997)
“Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“Further to Fly” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Getting Ready for Christmas Day” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“Get Up and Do the Wobble” – Non-album single (1962)
“God Bless the Absentee” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“Gone at Last” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“Go Tell It on the Mountain” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“Graceland” – Graceland (1986)
“Groundhog” – Non-album single (1967)
“Guitar Piece 3” – Stranger to Stranger (Deluxe Edition) (2016)
“Gumboots” – Graceland (1986)

“Have a Good Time” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“A Heart in New York” – The Concert in Central Park (1982)
“Hearts and Bones” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“Here Comes the Sun” – The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2010)
“He Was My Brother” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“Hey, Schoolgirl” – Non-album single (1957)
“Hobo’s Blues” – Paul Simon (1972)
“Homeless” – Graceland (1986)
“Homeward Bound” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“Horace and Pete” – Stranger to Stranger (Deluxe Edition) (2016)
“How Can You Live in the Northeast?” – Surprise (2006)
“How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“Hurricane Eye” – You’re the One (2000)
“I Am a Rock” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“(I Begin) To Think Again of You” – Non-album single (1960)
“I’d Like to Be” – Non-album single (1960)
“I Do It for Your Love” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“I Don’t Believe” – Surprise (2006)
“I Don’t Believe Them” – Non-album single (1961)
“I Know What I Know” – Graceland (1986)
“I’m Lonely” – Non-album single (1961)
“In a Parade” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“Insomniac’s Lullaby” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“In the Garden of Edie” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“It Means a Lot to Them” – Non-album single (1961)
“I Wish I Weren’t in Love” – Non-album single (1961)
“Jesus Is the Answer” – Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin’ (1974)
“Jonah” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“Just a Boy” – Non-album single (1960)
“Kathy’s Song” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“Keep the Customer Satisfied” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“Killer Wants to Go to College” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“Killer Wants to Go to College II” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“Kodachrome” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“The Late Great Johnny Ace” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“Late in the Evening” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“Learn How to Fall” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“Leaves That Are Green” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“Let Me Live in Your City” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (Reissue) (2004)
“Lisa” – Non-album single (1962)
“Look at That” – You’re the One (2000)
“Loneliness” – Non-album single (1958)
“The Lone Teen Ranger” – Non-album single (1962)
“Long, Long Day” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“The Lord” – Seven Psalms (2023)
“Love” – You’re the One (2000)
“Love and Blessings” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“Love and Hard Times” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“Love Is Eternal Sacred Light” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“Love is Like a Braid” – Seven Psalms (2023)
“Loves Me Like a Rock” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“Maybellene” – The Concert in Central Park (1982)
“Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” – Paul Simon (1972)
“Mother and Child Reunion” – Paul Simon (1972)
“Motorcycle” – Non-album single (1961)
“Mrs. Robinson” – Bookends (1968)
“My Little Town” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“My Professional Opinion” – Seven Psalms (2023)
“New York Is My Home” – New York Is My Home (2016)
“Night Game” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“Nobody” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“Noise” – Non-album single (1962)
“The Obvious Child” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Oh, Marion” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“Old” – You’re the One (2000)
“Old Friends” – Bookends (1968)
“Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean” – Surprise (2006)
“One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“One-Trick Pony” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“The Only Living Boy in New York” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“Our Song” – Non-album single (1958)
“Outrageous” – Surprise (2006)
“Overs” – Bookends (1968)
“Papa Hobo” – Paul Simon (1972)
“Paranoia Blues” – Paul Simon (1972)
“Patterns” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“Peace Like a River” – Paul Simon (1972)
“Peggy-O” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“Pigs, Sheep and Wolves” – You’re the One (2000)
“Play Me a Sad Song” – Non-album single (1961)
“(Pretty Baby) Don’t Say Goodbye” – Non-album single (1958)
“Proof” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Proof of Love” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“Punky’s Dilemma” – Bookends (1968)
“Quality” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“Questions for the Angels” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“Quiet” – You’re the One (2000)
“Red Rubber Ball” – Old Friends (1997)
“Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“Rewrite” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“Richard Cory” – Sounds of Silence (1966)
“The Riverbank” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“Rockabilly Music” – Go Cat Go (1996)
“Rose of Aberdeen” – Sounds of Silence (Reissue) (2001)
“Roving Gambler” – Sounds of Silence (Reissue) (2001)
“Run That Body Down” – Paul Simon (1972)
“The Rhythm of the Saints” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“The Sacred Harp” – Seven Psalms (2023)
“Satin Summer Nights” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“Save the Life of My Child” – Bookends (1968)
“Scarborough Fair/Canticle” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“Señorita with a Necklace of Tears” – You’re the One (2000)
“She Moves On” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Shelter of Your Arms” – Hearts and Bones (Reissue) (2004)
“Shy” – Non-album single (1960)
“Shoplifting Clothes” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“The Side of a Hill” – The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
“Silent Eyes” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“Slip Slidin’ Away” – Greatest Hits, Etc. (1977)
“So Beautiful or So What” – So Beautiful or So What (2011)
“Soft Parachutes” – One-Trick Pony (Reissue) (2004)
“So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“Something So Right” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“Somewhere They Can’t Find Me” – Sounds of Silence (1966)
“Song About the Moon” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“Song for the Asking” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“So Tenderly” – Non-album single (1958)
“The Sound of Silence” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“Sparrow” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“Spiral Highway” – One-Trick Pony (Reissue) (2004)
“Spirit Voices” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Star Carol” – Old Friends (1997)
“St. Judy’s Comet” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“Still Crazy After All These Years” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“Stranded in a Limousine” – One-Trick Pony (Reissue) (2004)
“Stranger to Stranger” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“Street Angel” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“Sunday Afternoon” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“The Sun Is Burning” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“Sure Don’t Feel Like Love” – Surprise (2006)
“Swanee” – Non-album single (1960)

“Take Me to the Mardi Gras” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“Teen Age Fool” – Non-album single (1958)
“Tenderness” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“Ten Years” – Non-album single (1995)
“That’s Why God Made the Movies” – One-Trick Pony (1980)
“That Was Your Mother” – Graceland (1986)
“The Teacher” – You’re the One (2000)
“That’s Me” – Surprise (2006)
“That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine” – Live 1969 (2008)
“That’s My Story” – Non-album single (1958)
“That’s Where I Belong” – You’re the One (2000)
“Thelma” – The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Think Too Much (a)” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“Think Too Much (b)” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“Time Is an Ocean” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“The Times They Are a-Changin’” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye” – Non-album single (1960)
“Train in the Distance” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“Trail of Volcanoes” – Seven Psalms (2023)
“Trailways Bus” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“True or False” – Non-album single (1958)
“Two Teenagers” – Non-album single (1958)
“Under African Skies” – Graceland (1986)
“The Vampires” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“Virgil” – Songs from The Capeman (1997)
“Voices of Old People” – Bookends (1968)
“Wait” – Seven Psalms (2023)
“Wake Up Little Susie” – The Concert in Central Park (1982)
“The Wanderer” – The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2010)
“Wartime Prayers” – Surprise (2006)
“Was a Sunny Day” – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
“Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“The Werewolf” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“We’ve Got a Groovy Thing Goin’” – Sounds of Silence (1966)
“When Numbers Get Serious” – Hearts and Bones (1983)
“Whispering Bells” – Graceland (2012)
“Why Don’t You Write Me” – Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
“Wildflower” – Non-album single (1962)
“Wonderful World” – Watermark (1977)
“Wristband” – Stranger to Stranger (2016)
“You Can Call Me Al” – Graceland (1986)
“You Can Tell the World” – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
“You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies” – Non-album single (1967)
“Your Forgiveness” – Seven Psalms (2023)
“You’re Kind” – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“You’re the One” – You’re the One (2000)

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