| Year | Title 'A' / Title 'B' | Chart positions | Album |
|---|
US Hot 100
[36] | US Cashbox
[39] | US AC
[36] | US Main
[36] | UK
[40] | CAN
| AUS
[41] [42] | FRA
[43] | NLD
[44] | NOR
[45] |
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| 1965 | "I Am a Rock" /
"Leaves That Are Green" [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Paul Simon Songbook |
| 1972 | "Mother and Child Reunion" /
"Paranoia Blues" | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | 4 | 5 | — | 6 | 3 | Paul Simon |
"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" /
"Congratulations" | 22 | 7 | 6 | — | 15 | 6 | 40 | — | 26 | — |
"Duncan" /
"Run That Body Down" | 52 | 58 | 30 | — | — | — | 86 [B] | — | — | — |
| 1973 | "Kodachrome" /
"Tenderness" | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 31 | 8 | 15 | — | There Goes Rhymin' Simon |
"Loves Me Like a Rock" /
"Learn How to Fall" [C] | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 39 | 5 | 30 | — | 27 | — |
"American Tune" /
"One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" | 35 | 27 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" /
"Something So Right" | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Something So Right" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| "St. Judy's Comet" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — |
| 1974 | "The Sound of Silence" /
"Mother and Child Reunion" | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' |
| 1975 | "Gone at Last" with Phoebe Snow and The Jessy Dixon Singers /
"Tenderness" | 23 | 20 | 9 | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | — | Still Crazy After All These Years |
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" /
"Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy" | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 23 | 1 | 35 | 2 | — | — |
| 1976 | "Still Crazy After All These Years" /
"I Do It for Your Love" | 40 | 45 | 5 | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| "Have a Good Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — |
| 1977 | "Slip Slidin' Away" /
"Something So Right" [D] | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | 36 | 2 | 35 | 10 | — | — | Greatest Hits, Etc. |
| 1978 | "Wonderful World" (with Art Garfunkel and James Taylor) /
"Wooden Planes" (Art Garfunkel solo) | 17 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 47 | — | — | — | Watermark |
"Stranded in a Limousine" /
"Have a Good Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits, Etc. |
| 1980 | "Late in the Evening" /
"How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns" | 6 | 9 | 7 | — | 58 | 19 | 34 | — | 11 | — | One-Trick Pony |
"One-Trick Pony" /
"Long, Long Day" | 40 | 52 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | "Oh, Marion" /
"God Bless the Absentee" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983 | "The Blues" (with Randy Newman) /
"Same Girl" (Randy Newman solo) | 51 | — | 36 | — | — | — | 100 | — | 48 | — | Trouble in Paradise |
"Allergies" /
"Think Too Much (B)" | 44 | 48 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | Hearts and Bones |
| 1984 | "Think Too Much (A)" /
"Song About the Moon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | "You Can Call Me Al" /
"Gumboots" | 23 | 26 | 15 | 42 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | Graceland |
"Graceland" /
"Hearts and Bones" | 81 | 69 | 34 | 38 | 98 | 71 | 62 | — | 79 | — |
| 1987 | "The Boy in the Bubble" /
"Crazy Love, Vol. II" | 86 | — | — | 15 | 26 | — | 46 | — | 16 | — |
"Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" /
"All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints" | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | 69 | — | 85 | — |
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"Under African Skies" /
"I Know What I Know" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | "Mother and Child Reunion" /
Train in The Distance" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Negotiations and Love Songs |
| 1990 | "The Obvious Child" [E]
"The Rhythm of The Saints" | 92 | – | – | 21 | 15 | 28 | 42 | – | 12 | – | The Rhythm of the Saints |
"Proof" /
"The Cool, Cool River" | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | 134 | — | — | — |
"Born at the Right Time" /
"Further to Fly" | — | — | — | — | 107 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | "Still Crazy After All These Years" (live) /
The Sound of Silence (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Paul Simon's Concert in the Park |
| 1995 | "Something So Right" (with Annie Lennox) | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | Medusa |
| 2000 | "Old" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | You're the One |
| "You're the One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | "Father and Daughter" /
"Father and Daughter (Instrumental)" | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Wild Thornberrys Movie |
| 2006 | "Father and Daughter" /
"Another Galaxy" | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | Surprise |
| "That's Me" | — | — | — | — | 156 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Outrageous" | — | — | — | — | 194 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | So Beautiful or So What |
| 2011 | "The Afterlife" [F] | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | "The Boxer" (with Jerry Douglas feat. Mumford & Sons) | — | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | Babel |
| 2016 | "Wristband" [46] [G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Stranger to Stranger |
| "Cool Papa Bell" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "The Werewolf" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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