| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein (USA) - Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s (2014)
| No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 101 |
| OUT (USA) - The 25 Gayest Songs of the 1980s (2011)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 4 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 6 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)- The Songs That Shaped Rock (Additions 2011)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 9 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 21 |
| Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields) - The Best Recordings from 1900 to 1999
| No Order |
| TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| TimeOut Chicago (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 3 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2016)
| 8 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 12 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 17 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 91 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1980s (2008)
| No Order |
| BBC Radio 6 Music (UK) - Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music (2014)
| No Order |
| BBC Radio2 (UK) - Sold on Song, a Celebration of Great Songs and Songwriting
| No Order |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
| HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999)
| No Order |
| IDJ Magazine (UK) - The 50 Greatest Dance Singles (2004)
| 4 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mixmag (UK) - Nominations for the Greatest Dance Track of All Time (2012)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - 80 from the 80s: Our Fave 45s for Each Year, 1980-1989 (2007)
| 3 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 88 |
| Muzik (UK) - The 50 Most Influental Records of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - 40 Records That Captured the Moment 1952-91 (1992)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 5 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 8 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 20 |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 9 |
| Q (UK) - 50 Greatest British Tracks (2005)
| 44 |
| Q (UK) - 50 Years of Great British Music, 10 Tracks per Decade (2008)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 2 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1980-2004 (2004)
| 9 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 33 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 19 |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991)
| 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)
| 2 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 16 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010)
| No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| 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 |
| Tsugi (France) - 100 Singles Cultes [100 Cult Singles] (2014)
| No Order |
| Volume (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World, 2008 (40 songs)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 46 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| 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 |
| Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017)
| 241 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |
| Schlager (Sweden) - Singles of the Year
| 3 |