| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update) | 1002 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| OUT (USA) - The 25 Gayest Songs of the 1980s (2011) | No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011) | No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012) | 30 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006) | 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 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 36 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year | 43 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 10 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 22 |