| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 45 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 515 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 28 |
| OUT (USA) - The 25 Gayest Songs of the 1980s (2011)
| No Order |
| 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)
| 18 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 33 |
| Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 12 |
| 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)
| 231 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 233 |
| Soul Bounce (USA) - The Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs (2008)
| 79 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 901-1000 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 53 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 82 |
| 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 |
| Mojo (UK) - 80 from the 80s: Our Fave 45s for Each Year, 1980-1989 (2007)
| 5 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 326 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 9 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1980-2004 (2004)
| 15 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986)
| 37 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 19 |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 12 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 297 |
| Vincent Piolet (France) - Birth of French Hip-Hop: Most Significant Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 33 |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995)
| 60 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| 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 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |