| 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 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 135 |
| Life (USA) - Dozen Discs That Shook the World (2005)
| No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001)
| 3 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 17 |
| Rikky Rooksby (USA) - Inside 100 Classic Rock Tracks (2001)
| No Order |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 173 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 175 |
| Shredding Paper (USA) - The 50 Greatest Singles Ever (2002)
| 31 |
| Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015)
| 101 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 169 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 24 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1970s (2008)
| No Order |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 592 |
| 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 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (2002)
| 30 |
| 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)
| 20 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 10 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 50 Greatest British Tracks Ever (2006)
| No Order |
| 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)
| 14 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 27 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 52 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 18 |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 3 |
| Q (UK) - 50 Greatest British Tracks (2005)
| 4 |
| 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 50 Most Exciting Tunes Ever (2002)
| 1 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004)
| No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986)
| 3 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 6 |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 1 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 66 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 32 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 40 |
| Rock Hard Magazine (Germany) - The 250 Best Metal and Hard Rock Songs of All Time (2011)
| 101 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 143 |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Zounds (Germany) - The Top 30 Songs of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1992)
| 24 |
| Actuel (France) - 50 chansons qui ont change le monde (1988)
| 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 |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 14 |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995)
| 30 |
| 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 |
| 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)
| 32 |
| Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017)
| 66 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 4 |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |