Singles
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] [4] [27] | ||||
| "Old Man Emu"/"Old Gum Tree" | 1970 | 4 |
| John Williamson |
| "The Unexplored Shadows of Mine"/"Under the Bridge" | — | |||
| "Beautiful Sydney"/"Melbourne Blue, Melbourne Green" | 1971 | — | ||
| "Misery Farm"/"Seaside Girls" | 1972 | — | Old Man Emu (EP) | |
| "Big Country Round"/"Shades of Grey" | — | |||
| "W-w-wallaby"/"The Morning After" | 1974 | — | John Williamson | |
| "Alfred Koala Bear" | — | non-album single | ||
| "Comic Strip Cowboy" | 1975 | — | Comic Strip Cowboy | |
| "It's a Grab It While It's Goin' Kind of Life" | 1977 | — | Country Greats | |
| "Come Ride a Country Road" | 1978 | — | ||
| "Tearjerkers" | — | |||
| "Lonesome Playground" | — | Radio Special | ||
| "Murrumbidgee Madness" | 1979 | — | Road to Town | |
| "The Breaker" (with Charles 'Bud' Tingwell) | 1981 | 100 | True Blue – The Best of John Williamson | |
| "Diggers of the ANZAC (This Is Gallipoli)" | — | |||
| "True Blue" | 1982 | — | ||
| "(You Gotta Be) Fair Dinkum" (with Karen Johns) | — | Fair Dinkum J.W. | ||
| "The Buddies Song (Have a Go)" | 1983 | — | Buddies soundtrack | |
| "The Vasectomy Song" | 28 | Singing in the Suburbs | ||
| "Lillee and McEnroe" | 1984 | — | ||
| "I'm Fair Dinkum" | 59 | The Smell of Gum Leaves | ||
| "Dad's Flowers" | — | |||
| "Go to Nashville" | 1985 | — | Road Thru the Heart | |
| "You and My Guitar" | — | |||
| "Goodbye Blinky Bill" | 1986 | — | All the Best | |
| "True Blue" (re-release) | 43 | Mallee Boy | ||
| "Raining on the Rock" | 1987 | — | ||
| "Cootamundra Wattle" | — | |||
| "Crocodile Roll" | 1988 | — | Boomerang Café | |
| "The Boomerang Café" | — | |||
| "The March for Australia (A New Beginning)" | — | |||
| "Station Cook" | 1989 | — | Warragul | |
| "Rip Rip Woodchip" | 39 | |||
| "Boogie with M'Baby" | 42 | |||
| "Special Girl" | — | |||
| "Old Man Emu" (re-release) | 1990 | 155 | JW's Family Album | |
| "Christmas Photo" | 113 | |||
| "A Flag of Our Own" | 1991 | 119 | Waratah Street | |
| "Waratah Street" | 142 | |||
| "(This Is) Australia Calling" | 1992 | 123 | Australia Calling – All the Best Vol 2 | |
| "I'll Be Gone" | 131 | |||
| "Good Woman" | 1993 | 123 | Good Woman | |
| "Seven Year Itch" | 1994 | 181 | Mulga to Mangoes | |
| "River Crying Out" | 159 | |||
| "Tropical Fever" | 160 | |||
| "No One Loves Brisbane Like Jesus" | 1995 | 161 | True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson | |
| "Sir Don" | 1996 | 72 | Pipe Dream | |
| "Bush Telegraph" | 1997 | — | ||
| "The Golden Kangaroo" | — | Family Album Number 2 | ||
| "Raining on the Rock" (with Warren H Williams) | 1998 | — | Country Friends (Warren H Williams album) | |
| "A Thousand Feet" (with Warren H Williams) | 1999 | — | The Way It Is | |
| "Purple Roses" | — | |||
| "Number on My Back / The Baggy Green"(with Steve Waugh) | 95 | |||
| "This Ancient Land"(with Jimmy Little) | 2000 | — | Anthems – A Celebration of Australia | |
| "Waltzing Matilda" | 165 | |||
| "Sing You in the Outback" | 2002 | 176 | Gunyah | |
| "Buried in Her Bedclothes" | — | |||
| "Raining on the Plains" (with Sara Storer) | — | Beautiful Circle (Sara Storer album) | ||
| "Keep Australia Beautiful" [28] | 2003 | — | True Blue Two | |
| "True Blue" (21st Anniversary) | 103 | |||
| "A Chandelier of Stars" | 2005 | — | A Chandelier of Stars | |
| "A Country Balladeer" | — | |||
| "Flower on the Water" | — | |||
| "We Love This Country" | — | We Love This Country | ||
| "Wildlife Warriors: It's Time" | 2006 | — | Wildlife Warriors | |
| "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (live) | 2008 | 146 | The Platinum Collection | |
| "Drink a Little Love" [29] | — | Hillbilly Road | ||
| "Cydi" [29] | — | |||
| "Hillbilly Road" [29] | — | |||
| "Australia Is Another Word for Free"(with Warren H. Williams) [29] | 2009 | — | ||
| "Better Than a Picture" [29] | — | |||
| "King of the Road"(with Adam Harvey) | — | Both Sides Now | ||
| "Island of Oceans"(with Shannon Noll) [30] | 2010 | — | Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue | |
| "Hang My Hat in Queensland" [31] | 2011 | — | The Big Red | |
| "The Big Red" | 2012 | — | ||
| "Prairie Hotel Parachilna" [32] | 2013 | — | ||
| "Grandpa's Cricket" [33] | 2014 | — | Honest People | |
| "Honest People" [34] | — | |||
| "Clouds Over Tamworth" | — | |||
| "Looking for a Story" | 2016 | — | Looking for a Story | |
| "Aussie Girls!" | — | His Favourite Collection | ||
| "Pigs on the River" [35] | 2017 | — | Butcherbird | |
| "Love Is the Word" [36] | — | non-album single | ||
| "The Valley of His Dreams" | 2018 | — | Butcherbird | |
| "Flowers of Jacaranda" [37] | 2019 | — | ||
| "Three Sons"(with Aleyce Simmonds) [38] | — | |||
| "Those Fifty Years" [39] | 2020 | — | JW Winding Back 1970-2020 | |
| "The Great Divide" [40] | — | |||
| "Come Back To Me, Country" [41] | 2021 | — | ||
| "It's Raining Again" [42] | 2022 | — | ||
| "Waiting for the Sun" (with Ami Williamson) [43] | — | |||
| "The Voice of the Sea" [44] | — | |||
| "Voice from the Heart" [45] | 2023 | — | non album singles | |
| "Uluru Forever" [45] | — | |||
