| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 3 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 11 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Singles (1979)
| No Order |
| Latin Music USA (USA) - "Explore the Music" Songs (2009)
| No Order |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 Songs of the 60s (2006)
| 154 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 57 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 40 Songs That Changed the World (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 18 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 55 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 54 |
| San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004)
| No Order |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 701-800 |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 11 |
| Will Hermes, Details Magazine (USA) - The 40 Records That Shook the World (1998)
| No Order |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 19 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1960s (2008)
| No Order |
| Colin Larkin (UK) - The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000)
| 6 |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 818 |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| John Peel (UK) - Peelenium: Four Tracks from Each Year of the Last Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 51 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 70 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Ultimate Jukebox: 100 Singles You Must Own (2003)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2012)
| 29 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 159 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (1976)
| 43 |
| Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, Rob's All Time Top 5 Songs + songs that almost made it
| 6 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, 100 Essential Singles (2001)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1954-1969 (2004)
| 10 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| Sean Egan (USA) - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Songs (2007)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| The Wire (UK) - The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made (1992)
| No Order |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991)
| No Order |
| Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's Hot 100 Singles (1975)
| No Order |
| Gary Pig Gold (Canada) - The 40 Most Influental Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Martijn Stoffer and Roel Bentz van de Berg (The Netherlands) - Atoomjukebox (2009)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 53 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 77 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - Die 75 Einflussreichsten Platten Aller Zeiten [The 75 Most Influential Records of All Time] (2012)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 76 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 32 |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Sïŋ―ddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
| Frïŋ―deric Platzer (France) - Le top 100 du rock [Top 100 Rock Songs] (2013)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussïŋ― (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Hervïŋ― 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 |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 92 |
| Hipersonica (Spain) - Las 101 mejores canciones de rock de los aïŋ―os 50 y 60 [The 101 Best Rock Songs of the '50s and '60s] (2014)
| 96 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 92 |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995)
| 39 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Record Collectors (Japan) - 100 Best US Songs 1954-1966 (2009)
| 22 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002)
| 99 |
| Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017)
| 172 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
