| 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)
| 5 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit, from Worst to Best (2016, updated 2017)
| 3 |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012)
| 11 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - Postscript (102 Songs) to The Heart of Rock & Soul (1998)
| No Order |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The Must List: Best Single Each Year 1990-2014 (2015)
| No Order |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| 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)
| 1 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Songs of the 90's (2003)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 (+ 400 "See Also") Tracks of the 1990s (2010)
| 13 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 1 |
| Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 3 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 80 |
| Rikky Rooksby (USA) - Inside 100 Classic Rock Tracks (2001)
| No Order |
| Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone (USA) - 50 Best Songs of the Nineties (2016)
| 1 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000)
| 3 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 40 Songs That Changed the World (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - All 102 Nirvana Songs Ranked (2014)
| 1 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 9 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 9 |
| San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004)
| No Order |
| SiriusXM Lithium (USA) - Top 100 Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 5 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 90s (2011)
| 1 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 4 |
| Spin (USA) - Nominations For the Best Songs of the Last 25 Years (2010)
| No Order |
| SportsAlcohol.com (USA) - The 90 Best Songs of the '90s (2015)
| 1 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1-20 |
| TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| The Boston Phoenix (USA) - The 90 Best Songs of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Time Magazine (USA) - A Song A Decade (1950s-1990s)
| No Order |
| 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 100 Singles of the '90s (2007)
| 39 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 1 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 41 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 15 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 2 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 7 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1990s (2008)
| No Order |
| BBC Radio 6 Music (UK) - Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music (2014)
| No Order |
| Colin Larkin (UK) - The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000)
| 34 |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 112 |
| 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 |
| HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999)
| No Order |
| Kerrang (UK) - 666 Songs You Must Own: The Ultimate Playlist (2004)
| 1 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (2002)
| 1 |
| 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)
| 10 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 9 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 94 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 27 |
| NME (UK) - Classic Singles (magazine feature 2006-2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 24 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1990s (2012)
| 2 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 2 |
| Neil McCormick, The Telegraph (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 95 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 5 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 50 Most Exciting Tunes Ever (2002)
| 5 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1980-2004 (2004)
| 2 |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Tracks from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006)
| 1 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Songs (2007)
| No Order |
| Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004)
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - 16 Singles of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock: Classic Recordings (2008)
| No Order |
| The Sunday Times (UK) - 100 Songs to Love (2014)
| No Order |
| TimeOut London (UK) - 50 Best '90s Songs (2015)
| 1 |
| Uncut (UK) - Nirvana's 20 Greatest Songs (2004)
| 1 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 2 |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Gary Pig Gold (Canada) - The 40 Most Influental Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Nils Hansson, Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) - The 48 Best Rock Songs (1998)
| 10 |
| 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)
| 14 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 225 |
| Laut (Germany) - The 30 Best Nirvana Songs (2014)
| 5 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - Die 75 Einflussreichsten Platten Aller Zeiten [The 75 Most Influential Records of All Time] (2012)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010)
| 1 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 7 |
| Neon (Germany) - Die 222 besten Songs aller Zeiten [The 222 Best Songs of All Time] (2008)
| No Order |
| Philipp Holstein, RP Online (Germany) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2015)
| 12 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 5 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997)
| No Order |
| Zounds (Germany) - The Top 30 Songs of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1992)
| 12 |
| Denis Labbé (France) - Les 100 indispensables du metal a telecharger [100 Indispensable Metal Songs to Download] (2008)
| 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 |
| Technikart (France) - Top 20 Songs per Year 1991-2011 (2012)
| 7 |
| Zicabloc (France) - Top 100 Meillures Chansons de Tous le Temps [Top 100 Songs of All Time] (2015)
| 2 |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 7 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Songs from 1990 to 1998 (1999)
| 2 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993)
| 100 |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995)
| 3 |
| Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 33 Best Songs of the '90s (2014)
| 7 |
| Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003)
| 31 |
| Radio Hauraki (New Zealand) - Top 300 Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 1 |
| STM Entertainment (Australia) - The 50 Best Songs Ever (2007)
| 10 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Music Colony Bi-Weekly (China?) - The 10 Best Singles of the 90s (1999)
| 4 |
| 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 |
| Mauro Ronconi (Italy) - The Best Song from the 200 Best Albums (1998)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002)
| 12 |
| Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017)
| 35 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Argentina) - The 10 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010)
| 1 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 4 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 7 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Tracks of the Year
| 2 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year
| 45 |