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 & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 9 |
Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 626 |
Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (USA) - Most Significant Rock Records (2006)
| No Order |
Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003)
| 110 |
Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| 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)
| 102 |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 103 |
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1950s (2008)
| No Order |
Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983)
| No Order |
Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 22 |
Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| 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)
| 64 |
Mojo (UK) - The Ultimate Jukebox: 100 Singles You Must Own (2003)
| 31 |
NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1950s (2012)
| 62 |
NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 121 |
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, 100 Essential Singles (2001)
| No Order |
Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
Sean Egan (USA) - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Songs (2007)
| No Order |
Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's Hot 100 Singles (1975)
| No Order |
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 225 |
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1950s (2010)
| No Order |
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 179 |
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
Fréderic Platzer (France) - Le top 100 du rock [Top 100 Rock Songs] (2013)
| 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 |
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006)
| No Order |
Volume (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World, 2008 (40 songs)
| No Order |
Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
Record Collectors (Japan) - 100 Best US Songs 1954-1966 (2009)
| 58 |
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 |
Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009)
| No Order |
Mauro Ronconi (Italy) - The Best Song from the 200 Best Albums (1998)
| No Order |
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |