| 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)
| 13 |
| 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)
| 1 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 41 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (USA) - Most Significant Rock Records (2006)
| No Order |
| Jimmy Guterman (USA) - The 20 Best Rock and Roll Singles of All Time (1992)
| 15 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - 20 Songs of the 50's (2003)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 25 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 251 |
| 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)
| 10 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 10 |
| Shredding Paper (USA) - The 50 Greatest Singles Ever (2002)
| 48 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1-20 |
| TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 43 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1950s (2008)
| No Order |
| Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983)
| No Order |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 771 |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| 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)
| 52 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 9 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Ultimate Jukebox: 100 Singles You Must Own (2003)
| 35 |
| NME (UK) - 40 Records That Captured the Moment 1952-91 (1992)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1950s (2012)
| 22 |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 72 |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1954-1969 (2004)
| 5 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 54 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1950s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 20 |
| 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 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Record Collectors (Japan) - 100 Best US Songs 1954-1966 (2009)
| 7 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Guido Michielone (Italy) - Jazz Forever: 1020 Tunes 1894-2015 (2015)
| No Order |
| Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008)
| No Order |
| Mauro Ronconi (Italy) - The Best Song from the 200 Best Albums (1998)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
