| 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 Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month
| 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)
| 5 |
| Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Singles (1979)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s (and Recommended Listening) (2016)
| 201 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 253 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 256 |
| Shredding Paper (USA) - The 50 Greatest Singles Ever (2002)
| 49 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989)
| 56 |
| Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015)
| 88 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 173 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 200 '70s Songs (2015)
| No Order |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 482 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1970s (2008)
| No Order |
| BBC Radio 6 Music (UK) - Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music (2014)
| No Order |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 47 |
| 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) - Bowie: His Real Greatest Hits (2014)
| 28 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 149 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (1976)
| 56 |
| Nick Kent (UK) - Soundtrack of the Seventies (2010)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 2 |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 25 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 225 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 101 Best David Bowie Songs (2016)
| 55 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 317 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002)
| 99 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |