| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 377 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - Postscript (102 Songs) to The Heart of Rock & Soul (1998)
| No Order |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1990s (2001)
| 101 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 94 |
| SiriusXM Lithium (USA) - Top 100 Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 7 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 90s (2011)
| 79 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 100 Singles of the '90s (2007)
| 69 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 463 |
| Kerrang (UK) - 666 Songs You Must Own: The Ultimate Playlist (2004)
| 21 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (2002)
| 49 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Metal Hammer (UK) - The 100 Best Metal Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 8 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 14 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 225 |
| Laut (Germany) - Chris Cornell: His 30 Most Beautiful Songs (2017)
| 3 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010)
| 35 |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
| Denis Labbé (France) - Les 100 indispensables du metal a telecharger [100 Indispensable Metal Songs to Download] (2008)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| 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)
| 101-1000 |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| Radio Hauraki (New Zealand) - Top 300 Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 136 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| 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 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 18 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 37 |
| Select (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 27 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year
| 13 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Tracks of the Year
| 3 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 15 |
| Rock & Folk (France) - Singles of the Year
| 6 |