| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017) | 1001-2750 |
| Stylus (USA) - Seconds: One Song Essay Every Week | No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010) | No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013) | No Order |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009) | 92 |
| Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008) | No Order |