50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

1975 single by Paul Simon
VisualArtwork single Q2817167
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Summary

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,506 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover's genre is rock music[4].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover followed Gone at Last[5].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover was followed by Still Crazy After All These Years[6].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover was produced by Paul Simon[7].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover was performed by Paul Simon[8].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[9].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is part of Still Crazy After All These Years[10].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover was published on December 1975[13].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover's lyricist is recorded as Paul Simon[14].
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Still Crazy After All These Years[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • Genre(s): electronic, garage house, house, progressive house, progressive trance, trance[17]

  • Community tags: electronic, garage house, house, progressive house, progressive trance, trance[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 81eed504-fff8-34a2-a66b-3f80f19730f2[19]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover was Paul Simon[8]. It was produced by Paul Simon[7].

Publication

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover was published on December 1975[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is rock music[4]. It is part of Still Crazy After All These Years[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover followed Gone at Last[5]. It was followed by Still Crazy After All These Years[6].

Cultural Impact

Things named for 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover include Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother[20], an animated series episode[21], directed by Gabriel DeFrancesco[22].

Why It Matters

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,506 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for it include Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother[20], an animated series episode[21], directed by Gabriel DeFrancesco[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ערן · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Still Crazy After All These Years
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Part of: Still Crazy After All These Years, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/bc99ae1e9286|details]])"
  2. 5w ago · ערן · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Producer → Paul Simon
    Record label → —
    Single taken from the album or ep → Still Crazy After All These Years
    Part of → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Language of work or name: English, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789290304435"
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