| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 17 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 47 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - 20 Songs of the 50's (2003)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 18 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 81 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 82 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 301-400 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1950s (2008)
| No Order |
| Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1950s (2012)
| 16 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's Hot 100 Singles (1975)
| No Order |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 146 |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012
| No Order |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| Record Collectors (Japan) - 100 Best US Songs 1954-1966 (2009)
| 73 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009)
| No Order |
| Mauro Ronconi (Italy) - The Best Song from the 200 Best Albums (1998)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002)
| 99 |