| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Tracks of the 1980s (2011)
| 56 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 21 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012)
| 21 |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999)
| 1 |
| 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 1980s (2001)
| 15 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 5 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 8 |
| QuestLove (USA) - 50 Favorite Songs (2012)
| 8 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 288 |
| 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)
| 322 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 330 |
| Shea Serrano (USA) - The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song from Every Year Since 1979 (2015)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 17 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 25 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 301-400 |
| TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| The Source (USA) - Top 151 Rap Songs of All Time (2003)
| 5 |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 95 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 183 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 19 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 595 |
| Dorian Lynskey (USA) - 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| Freaky Trigger (UK) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2005)
| 80 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 95 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 91 |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Vincent Piolet (France) - Birth of French Hip-Hop: Most Significant Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 7 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993)
| 1 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 4 |
| Cameron Adams (Australia) -The Best Songs from the 100 Must Have Albums (2013)
| No Order |
| Richard Kingsmill (Australia) - Hottest 100 Songs of All Time (2009)
| 57 |
| 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 |
| Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017)
| 26 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 34 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 6 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Best (France) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year
| 1 |