| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 25 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - Postscript (102 Songs) to The Heart of Rock & Soul (1998)
| No Order |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999)
| 1 |
| MTV (USA) - Every Dr. Dre Song, Ranked (2015)
| 1 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1990s (2001)
| 101 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 (+ 400 "See Also") Tracks of the 1990s (2010)
| 3 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 56 |
| QuestLove (USA) - 50 Favorite Songs (2012)
| 12 |
| Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone (USA) - 50 Best Songs of the Nineties (2016)
| 5 |
| 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 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 419 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 427 |
| San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004)
| No Order |
| Shea Serrano (USA) - The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song from Every Year Since 1979 (2015)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 90s (2011)
| 14 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 17 |
| Spin (USA) - The Top 20 Singles of the 90s (1999)
| 1 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| The Boston Phoenix (USA) - The 90 Best Songs of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time (1998)
| No Order |
| The Source (USA) - Top 151 Rap Songs of All Time (2003)
| 21 |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 100 Singles of the '90s (2007)
| 86 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 31 |
| XXL (USA) - Top 250 Rap Songs of the '90s (2011)
| 1 |
| rap.about.com (USA) - 50 Great Hip Hop Songs (2001?)
| 5 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1990s (2012)
| 92 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 477 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 608 |
| Sïŋ―ddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
| Hervïŋ― Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012
| No Order |
| Technikart (France) - Top 20 Songs per Year 1991-2011 (2012)
| 2 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Porcys (Poland) - The Best Songs of the 1990s (2013)
| 94 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 4 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 20 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 16 |
