| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Blues and Soul (UK) - 40 Essential Soul Singles (2007)
| 19 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 4 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 74 |
| DiscoMusic.com - Top 700 Disco Songs (2003)
| 14 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001)
| 7 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| 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 1970s (and Recommended Listening) (2016)
| 41 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)- The Songs That Shaped Rock (Additions 2011)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000)
| 95 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 60 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 224 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 229 |
| Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015)
| 101 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 68 |
| XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Singles by Year (2014)
| No Order |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 42 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1970s (2008)
| No Order |
| Freaky Trigger (UK) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2005)
| 20 |
| 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) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 54 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Ultimate Jukebox: 100 Singles You Must Own (2003)
| 34 |
| NME (UK) - 40 Records That Captured the Moment 1952-91 (1992)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 35 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 94 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 15 |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 6 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 387 |
| Neon (Germany) - Die 222 besten Songs aller Zeiten [The 222 Best Songs of All Time] (2008)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1970s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 94 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997)
| No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Jean-Eric Perrin (France) - 100 plus grands tubes disco à télécharger [100 Greatest Disco Hits to Download] (2008)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 85 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Mauro Ronconi (Italy) - The Best Song from the 200 Best Albums (1998)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 16 |
