| Year | Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated | Peak Chart positions | Album |
|---|
US
[42] | US Rock
[42] | CAN
[43] | GER
[44] | SWI
[45] | AUT
[13] | NOR
[9] | SWE
[10] |
|---|
| 1966 | "How Could I Be Such a Fool?"
b/w "Help I'm a Rock (3rd Movement: It Can't Happen' Here)"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Freak Out! |
"Who Are the Brain Police?"
b/w "Trouble Comin' Every Day"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1967 | "Big Leg Emma"
b/w "Why Don't You Do Me Right?"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks (both later included on all CD releases of Absolutely Free) |
"Son of Suzy Creamcheese"
b/w "Big Leg Emma"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Absolutely Free |
"Lonely Little Girl"
b/w "Mother People" (from We're Only In It for the Money)(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album version (later included on The Lumpy Money Project/Object, different version on We're Only In It for the Money) |
| 1968 | "Motherly Love"
b/w "I Ain't Got No Heart"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Freak Out! |
"Deseri"
b/w "Jelly Roll Gum Drop"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention, credited to Ruben & the Jets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cruising with Ruben & the Jets |
"Anyway the Wind Blows"
b/w "Jelly Roll Gum Drop"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention, credited to Ruben & the Jets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1969 | "WPLJ"
b/w "My Guitar" (Non-album track, later included on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5)(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Burnt Weeny Sandwich |
"My Guitar"
b/w "Dog Breath"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks ("My Guitar" later included on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5, "Dog Breath" later included on Meat Light) |
| 1970 | "Tell Me You Love Me"
b/w "Will You Go All the Way for the U.S.A.?" [sic] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chunga's Revenge |
| 1971 | "Tears Began to Fall" (remix)
b/w "Junier Mintz Boogie" (non-album track, later included on The Mothers 1971)(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Fillmore East – June 1971 |
"Magic Fingers"
b/w "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 200 Motels |
"What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning"
b/w "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus"
b/w "Eat That Question"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Grand Wazoo |
| 1973 | "I'm the Slime" (single mix with different guitar solo)
b/w "Montana"(both tracks with the Mothers of Invention) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Over-Nite Sensation |
| 1974 | "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"
b/w "Cosmik Debris" | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Apostrophe (') |
| 1975 | "Du Bist Mein Sofa"
b/w "Stink Foot" (from Apostrophe (')) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | One Size Fits All |
| 1976 | "Find Her Finer"
b/w "Zoot Allures" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Zoot Allures |
"Disco Boy"
b/w "Ms. Pinky" | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | "Dancin' Fool"
b/w "Baby Snakes" | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sheik Yerbouti |
"Bobby Brown"
b/w "Stick It Out" (from Joe's Garage Acts II & III) | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
"Joe's Garage"
b/w "Central Scrutinizer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 14 | Joe's Garage Act I |
"Stick It Out"
b/w "Why Does It Hurt" (from Joe's Garage Act I) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Joe's Garage Acts II & III |
| 1980 | "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted"
b/w "Ancient Armaments" | 103 | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | 3 | Non-album tracks (alternate mix of "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" later included on The Lost Episodes, "Ancient Armaments" later included on Halloween) |
| 1981 | "Love of My Life"
b/w "For the Young Sophisticate" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tinsel Town Rebellion |
"Harder Than Your Husband"
b/w "Dumb All Over" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | You Are What You Is |
"You Are What You Is"
b/w "Pink Napkins" (from Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
"Goblin Girl"
b/w "Pink Napkins" (from Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982 | "Valley Girl" (with Moon Zappa)
b/w "You Are What You Is" (from You Are What You Is) | 32 | 12 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch |
| 1983 | "The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou"
b/w "SEX" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Man from Utopia |
"Cocaine Decisions"
b/w "SEX" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | "The Girl in the Magnesium Dress"
b/w "Outside Now, Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger |
"Baby Take Your Teeth Out"
b/w "Stevie's Spanking" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Them Or Us |
| True Glove 4-track maxi single ("In France" / "Be In My Video" / "He's So Gay" / "Won Ton On") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tracks 1 and 2 from Them Or Us, track 3 from Thing-Fish, track 4 non-album version (different version on Thing-Fish) |
| 1987 | "Peaches en Regalia"
b/w "I'm Not Satisfied" (from Crusing with Ruben & the Jets) and "Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up" (from Joe's Garage Act I) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hot Rats |
| 1988 | "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"
b/w "Watermelon in Easter Hay" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Guitar |
"Zomby Woof"
b/w "You Didn't Try to Call Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 |
| 1991 | "Stairway to Heaven"
b/w "Bolero" | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life |
| 2022 | "Valley Girl (Flux Pavilion Remix)" (with Moon Zappa) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album track (remix of "Valley Girl" from Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch) |
| Sources: [46] [47] |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
