| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 3 |
| Brad Carl (USA) - 50 Songs from the '70s and '80s That Still Hold Up (2015)
| No Order |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 25 Songs of 1987 (2017)
| 6 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 372 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 38 |
| Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 67 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 59 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 210 |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000)
| 13 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 40 Songs That Changed the World (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 196 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 198 |
| San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004)
| No Order |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 16 |
| Spin (USA) - Every Guns N' Roses Song, Ranked (2016)
| 5 |
| Spin (USA) - Nominations For the Best Songs of the Last 25 Years (2010)
| No Order |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989)
| 5 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 901-1000 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990)
| 41 |
| TimeOut Chicago (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 33 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2016)
| 38 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Every Guns N' Roses Song, Ranked Worst to Best (2015)
| 3 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Classic Rock Songs (2013)
| 12 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 3 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 8 |
| inStash (USA) - Top 100: Greatest Songs (Of All Time) (2010)
| 51 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 24 |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 629 |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| Kerrang (UK) - 666 Songs You Must Own: The Ultimate Playlist (2004)
| 21 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (2002)
| 13 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - 80 from the 80s: Our Fave 45s for Each Year, 1980-1989 (2007)
| 3 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 60 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 471 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 65 |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 66 |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 5 |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Tracks from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006)
| 3 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| Sean Egan (USA) - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Songs (2007)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Wanadoo (UK) - The 20 Best Songs of the 80s
| No Order |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 12 |
| Classic Rock (The Netherlands) - The 10 Best Classic Rock Singles from Different Years (2013-2015)
| 1 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 285 |
| Rock Hard Magazine (Germany) - The 250 Best Metal and Hard Rock Songs of All Time (2011)
| 43 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 142 |
| Fréderic Platzer (France) - Le top 100 du rock [Top 100 Rock Songs] (2013)
| 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 |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995)
| 55 |
| STM Entertainment (Australia) - The 50 Best Songs Ever (2007)
| 34 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Boom (Hong Kong/Mongolia) - 20 Greatest Songs from the '80s (2016)
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 3 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 12 |