| 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)
| 6 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 7 |
| 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)
| 29 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 788 |
| 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)
| 10 |
| Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)
| 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)
| 7 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 7 |
| 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)
| 63 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 179 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 181 |
| Shredding Paper (USA) - The 50 Greatest Singles Ever (2002)
| 3 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 2 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 7 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989)
| 37 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 40 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 1 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 6 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 67 |
| Colin Larkin (UK) - The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000)
| 56 |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 635 |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| Freaky Trigger (UK) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2005)
| 22 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 57 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 2 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 2 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 1 |
| Neil McCormick, The Telegraph (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2009)
| 25 |
| Neil McCormick, The Telegraph (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 24 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 50 Greatest British Tracks (2005)
| 29 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 12 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1980-2004 (2004)
| 1 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986)
| 7 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991)
| 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 |
| Nils Hansson, Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) - The 48 Best Rock Songs (1998)
| 42 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 1 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 25 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 38 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 3 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 1 |
| Philipp Holstein, RP Online (Germany) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2015)
| 35 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 108 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997)
| No Order |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
| Zounds (Germany) - The Top 30 Songs of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1992)
| 16 |
| 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 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 1 |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 45 |
| Carlo Herrera and Jose Luis Salas (Spain) - Alimenta Tus Oidos: 70 Playlists (2015)
| No Order |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 12 |
| Cameron Adams (Australia) -The Best Songs from the 100 Must Have Albums (2013)
| No Order |
| STM Entertainment (Australia) - The 50 Best Songs Ever (2007)
| 31 |
| 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 |
| Jam (Italy) - 100 Songs to Understand Rock (2004)
| 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 |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002)
| 4 |
| Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017)
| 193 |
| 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
| 2 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Rockerilla (Italy) - Singles of the Year
| 12 |
