| 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) | 1-1001 |
| CMT (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music (2003) | 21 |
| Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003) | 351 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Merle Haggard: 30 Essential Songs (2016) | No Order |
| Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983) | No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009) | No Order |