| 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 |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - David Bowie's Top 70 Songs (2017)
| 2 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001)
| 88 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s (and Recommended Listening) (2016)
| 6 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 18 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - David Bowie: 30 Essential Songs (2016)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 46 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 46 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989)
| 68 |
| SportsAlcohol.com (USA) - The Top 32 David Bowie Songs (2016)
| 2 |
| 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 (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 7 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Every David Bowie Single, Ranked (2016)
| 1 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 394 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 774 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1970s (2008)
| No Order |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 126 |
| 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 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - David Bowie: The 100 Greatest Songs (2015)
| 2 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 34 |
| Mojo (UK) - Top 30 David Bowie Songs (2003)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - Bowie: His Real Greatest Hits (2014)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 3 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 4 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 15 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 5 |
| 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 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986)
| 2 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - David Bowie's 30 Best Songs (2008)
| 1 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 16 |
| 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 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 90 |
| Eclipsed (Germany) - Top 30 David Bowie Songs (2013)
| 1 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 8 |
| Neon (Germany) - Die 222 besten Songs aller Zeiten [The 222 Best Songs of All Time] (2008)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 101 Best David Bowie Songs (2016)
| 10 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 78 |
| Zounds (Germany) - The Top 30 Songs of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1992)
| 22 |
| 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 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 5 |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 22 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 41 |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995)
| 83 |
| Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 30 Best David Bowie Songs (2013)
| 2 |
| STM Entertainment (Australia) - The 50 Best Songs Ever (2007)
| 43 |
| 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)
| 99 |
| Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017)
| 47 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 6 |