| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 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) | 89 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017) | 1001-2750 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005) | No Order |
| Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008) | No Order |