| 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)
| 106 |
| 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)
| 45 |
| 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)
| 21 |
| 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)
| 201 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 34 |
| Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 21 |
| 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)
| 50 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Songs Cited to the 50 Coolest Records of All Time (2002)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 17 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 108 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 109 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 25 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 5 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 601-700 |
| Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 71 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 23 |
| Vibe (USA) - The 101 Greatest Prince Songs (2014)
| 4 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, Rob's All Time Top 5 Songs + songs that almost made it
| 6 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 19 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 60 |
| Laut (Germany) - The 50 Best Prince Songs (2016)
| 25 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 638 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 187 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997)
| No Order |
| Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 71 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| 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 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 4 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 38 |
