| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| 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)
| 5 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 93 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (USA) - Most Significant Rock Records (2006)
| No Order |
| Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003)
| 43 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| 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)
| 78 |
| 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)
| 95 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 95 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 101-200 |
| Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 78 |
| 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 |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 101 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1950s (2012)
| 12 |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1954-1969 (2004)
| 6 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's Hot 100 Singles (1975)
| No Order |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1950s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 166 |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
| 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 |
| Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 140 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Record Collectors (Japan) - 100 Best US Songs 1954-1966 (2009)
| 81 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Jam (Italy) - 100 Songs to Understand Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |