| 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)
| 26 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - David Bowie's Top 70 Songs (2017)
| 30 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - David Bowie: 30 Essential Songs (2016)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 27 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 64 |
| SportsAlcohol.com (USA) - The Top 32 David Bowie Songs (2016)
| 20 |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 27 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Every David Bowie Single, Ranked (2016)
| 10 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 949 |
| Artrocker (UK) - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks (2010)
| 41 |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 425 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - David Bowie: The 100 Greatest Songs (2015)
| 10 |
| Mojo (UK) - Top 30 David Bowie Songs (2003)
| 3 |
| NME (UK) - Bowie: His Real Greatest Hits (2014)
| 9 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 26 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 51 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, 100 Essential Singles (2001)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - David Bowie's 30 Best Songs (2008)
| 6 |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Nils Hansson, Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) - The 48 Best Rock Songs (1998)
| 29 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 2 |
| Classic Rock (The Netherlands) - The 10 Best Classic Rock Singles from Different Years (2013-2015)
| 2 |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 24 |
| Eclipsed (Germany) - Top 30 David Bowie Songs (2013)
| 2 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 237 |
| Philipp Holstein, RP Online (Germany) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2015)
| 3 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 101 Best David Bowie Songs (2016)
| 17 |
| 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 |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 30 Best David Bowie Songs (2013)
| 5 |
| Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |