HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon
“50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon finished No. 8 on the year-end Top 100 of 1976, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year, making it one of the ten biggest hits of the year.
Year-end peakNo. 81976
Year-end charts11976
ArtistPaul Simon5 year-end hits
Decade1970ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1976 was “Silly Love Songs” by Wings. Paul Simon had 5 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1976 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1976 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry | ▶♪ |
| 6 | Kiss And Say Goodbye | The Manhattans | ▶♪ |
| 7 | Love Machine (Part 1) | The Miracles | ▶♪ |
| 8 | 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover | Paul Simon | ▶♪ |
| 9 | Love Is Alive | Gary Wright | ▶♪ |
| 10 | A Fifth Of Beethoven | Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band | ▶♪ |
| 11 | Sara Smile | Daryl Hall and John Oates | ▶♪ |
More hits by Paul Simon
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loves Me Like A Rock | Paul Simon | 1973 #27 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Slip Slidin' Away | Paul Simon | 1978 #48 | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Mother And Child Reunion | Paul Simon | 1972 #57 | ▶♪ |
| 4 | Kodachrome | Paul Simon | 1973 #74 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.