| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Blues and Soul (UK) - 40 Essential Soul Singles (2007)
| 22 |
| 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)
| 4 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 105 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Paste Magazine (USA) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2016)
| 70 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 Songs of the 60s (2006)
| 68 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 179 |
| 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)
| 125 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 126 |
| 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)
| 501-600 |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| Will Hermes, Details Magazine (USA) - The 40 Records That Shook the World (1998)
| No Order |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 53 |
| Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983)
| No Order |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| Freaky Trigger (UK) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2005)
| 68 |
| 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)
| 101 |
| NME (UK) - 40 Records That Captured the Moment 1952-91 (1992)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2012)
| 60 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (1976)
| 93 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| 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 |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 205 |
| Herv� 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 |
| 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 |
| Record Collectors (Japan) - 100 Best US Songs 1954-1966 (2009)
| 28 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
