1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Tracks of the 1980s (2011)
| 50 |
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)
| 12 |
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012)
| 83 |
Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 87 |
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999)
| 1 |
Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
Life (USA) - Dozen Discs That Shook the World (2005)
| No Order |
Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 27 |
NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry
| No Order |
Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Songs of the 80's (2003)
| 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)
| 9 |
Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 11 |
Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 98 |
QuestLove (USA) - 50 Favorite Songs (2012)
| 5 |
RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 280 |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 25 |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 51 |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 51 |
Shea Serrano (USA) - The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song from Every Year Since 1979 (2015)
| No Order |
Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 6 |
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 101-200 |
Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990)
| 82 |
The Boombox (USA) - The 25 Best '80s Songs (2014)
| 1 |
The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time (1998)
| No Order |
The Source (USA) - Top 151 Rap Songs of All Time (2003)
| 1 |
TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 36 |
VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 27 |
Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 619 |
XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Singles by Year (2014)
| No Order |
pc muñoz (USA) - Verse-Chorus-Verse: A Column Dedicated to Great Songs
| No Order |
2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 46 |
BBC Radio 6 Music (UK) - Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music (2014)
| No Order |
Dorian Lynskey (USA) - 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs (2011)
| No Order |
Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
Elvis Costello - The Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever (2000)
| 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)
| 50 |
John Peel (UK) - Peelenium: Four Tracks from Each Year of the Last Century (1999)
| No Order |
Mojo (UK) - 80 from the 80s: Our Fave 45s for Each Year, 1980-1989 (2007)
| 1 |
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 29 |
NME (UK) - NME Rock Years, Single of the Year 1963-99 (2000)
| No Order |
NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 58 |
NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 97 |
NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 17 |
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, 100 Essential Singles (2001)
| No Order |
Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 14 |
Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 22 |
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991)
| No Order |
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 6 |
3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 49 |
Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 61 |
Neon (Germany) - Die 222 besten Songs aller Zeiten [The 222 Best Songs of All Time] (2008)
| No Order |
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010)
| No Order |
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 86 |
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997)
| No Order |
Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
ZEIT (Germany) - 100 Modern Classics (2007)
| 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 |
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006)
| No Order |
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 101-1000 |
Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 96 |
Vincent Piolet (France) - Birth of French Hip-Hop: Most Significant Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 1 |
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 80 |
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 |
Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017)
| 58 |
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
| 1 |
Melody Maker (UK) - Single of the Year
| 1 |
NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
Schlager (Sweden) - Singles of the Year
| 9 |