| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 279 |
| 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)
| 32 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 481 |
| DiscoMusic.com - Top 700 Disco Songs (2003)
| 69 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001)
| 20 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s (and Recommended Listening) (2016)
| 2 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Songs Cited to the 50 Coolest Records of All Time (2002)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Best Michael Jackson Songs (2014)
| 3 |
| SoulBounce (USA) - Top 50 Michael Jackson Songs (2010)
| 13 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989)
| 96 |
| Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015)
| 79 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 28 |
| VH1 (USA) - Michael Jackson's 40 Greatest Songs (2013)
| 3 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1970s (2008)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - NME Rock Years, Single of the Year 1963-99 (2000)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 9 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 375 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 60 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 4 |
| Neon (Germany) - Die 222 besten Songs aller Zeiten [The 222 Best Songs of All Time] (2008)
| 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 |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012
| No Order |
| Jean-Eric Perrin (France) - 100 plus grands tubes disco à télécharger [100 Greatest Disco Hits to Download] (2008)
| No Order |
| Carlo Herrera and Jose Luis Salas (Spain) - Alimenta Tus Oidos: 70 Playlists (2015)
| No Order |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| 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 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 12 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 14 |