Album · Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon by Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon is an album by Paul Simon, released in 1973. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 20 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Kodachrome”, on 15 lists with a best position of #132.
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Paul Simon's third solo album, rolled out on Columbia in May 1973, and it finds the former half of Simon & Garfunkel roaming the American songbook like a kid turned loose in a record store. Gospel gets a rousing workout on "Loves Me Like a Rock", Dixieland struts through "Take Me to the Mardi Gras", and "American Tune" aches with a weary grace.
"Kodachrome" led the charge, a bright, bouncing tune named for Kodak's photographic film, and Kodak made sure the record flagged the name as its trademark. That trademark also kept the song off BBC radio, so British fans got it only as the flip side of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras". The album was a bigger hit in the States than its predecessor and picked up Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from There Goes Rhymin’ Simon on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kodachrome | 15 | #132 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 2 | American Tune | 5 | #126 | – | 2004–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.