| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 162 |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 407 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 28 |
| 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)
| 46 |
| NBC-10 (USA) - The 30 Best Songs of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
| Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 119 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000)
| 47 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of 1984 (2014)
| 23 |
| 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)
| 20 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 11 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 95 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 61 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1980s (2008)
| No Order |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 757 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Kerrang (UK) - 666 Songs You Must Own: The Ultimate Playlist (2004)
| 21 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 81 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 25 |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1980-2004 (2004)
| 18 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Songs (2007)
| No Order |
| The Observer (UK) - 31 Songs That Changed 31 Music Fans' Lives (2003)
| No Order |
| Neon (Germany) - Die 222 besten Songs aller Zeiten [The 222 Best Songs of All Time] (2008)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Carlo Herrera and Jose Luis Salas (Spain) - Alimenta Tus Oidos: 70 Playlists (2015)
| No Order |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995)
| 66 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 10 |