| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update) | 1002 |
| 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) | 15 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA) | No Order |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)- The Songs That Shaped Rock (Additions 2011) | No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 495 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010) | 500 |
| Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983) | No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007) | No Order |
| Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004) | No Order |
| Gary Pig Gold (Canada) - The 40 Most Influental Records of the 20th Century (1999) | No Order |
