| 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 |
| 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)
| 17 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 66 |
| 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)
| 177 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000)
| 87 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989)
| 58 |
| 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 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 124 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Classic Rock Songs (2013)
| 83 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 200 '70s Songs (2015)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 62 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 545 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 264 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1980s (2008)
| No Order |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 580 |
| 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 |
| NME (UK) - Classic Singles (magazine feature 2006-2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 99 |
| 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 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Songs (2007)
| No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986)
| 94 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 37 |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 101-1000 |
| Marty Willson-Piper, InDeepMusicArchive.net (Australia) - Song of the Day Selections (approx. 1983-present)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| 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 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 4 |