| 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 |
| Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 491 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012)
| 22 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1990s (2001)
| 48 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 (+ 400 "See Also") Tracks of the 1990s (2010)
| 2 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 19 |
| Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone (USA) - 50 Best Songs of the Nineties (2016)
| 8 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 90s (2011)
| 57 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 3 |
| Spin (USA) - The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995 (2015)
| 3 |
| SportsAlcohol.com (USA) - The 90 Best Songs of the '90s (2015)
| 2 |
| Stylus (USA) - Seconds: One Song Essay Every Week
| No Order |
| TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| The Boston Phoenix (USA) - The 90 Best Songs of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 100 Singles of the '90s (2007)
| 3 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 244 |
| Artrocker (UK) - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks (2010)
| 42 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1990s (2008)
| No Order |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 50 Greatest British Tracks Ever (2006)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - NME Rock Years, Single of the Year 1963-99 (2000)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 2 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1990s (2012)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 6 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 55 |
| Neil McCormick, The Telegraph (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2009)
| 28 |
| Neil McCormick, The Telegraph (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 28 |
| Q (UK) - 50 Greatest British Tracks (2005)
| 36 |
| Q (UK) - 50 Years of Great British Music, 10 Tracks per Decade (2008)
| 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 |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Tracks from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006)
| 8 |
| Select (UK) - 16 Singles of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| TimeOut London (UK) - 50 Best '90s Songs (2015)
| 2 |
| Tom Ewing (UK) - Top 100 Singles of the 1990s (1999)
| 1 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 56 |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 7 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| FM4 (Austria) - 20 Years of FM4: The 100 Best Songs (2015)
| 12 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010)
| 2 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 286 |
| 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 1990s (2010)
| No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Zicabloc (France) - Top 100 Meillures Chansons de Tous le Temps [Top 100 Songs of All Time] (2015)
| 87 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Songs from 1990 to 1998 (1999)
| 7 |
| Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 33 Best Songs of the '90s (2014)
| 2 |
| Radio Hauraki (New Zealand) - Top 300 Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 117 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Music Colony Bi-Weekly (China?) - The 10 Best Singles of the 90s (1999)
| 7 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Argentina) - The 10 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010)
| 3 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Spin (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 8 |
| Raw (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 9 |
| Select (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 3 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year
| 15 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Tracks of the Year
| 3 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 8 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year
| 3 |