| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| CMT (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music (2003)
| 31 |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 33 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003)
| 278 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 61 |
| 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)
| 30 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 30 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 21-100 |
| Taste of Country (USA) - 10 Best '50s Songs (2011)
| 2 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 84 |
| inStash (USA) - Top 100: Greatest Songs (Of All Time) (2010)
| 57 |
| 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 |
| 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 1950s (2012)
| 27 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 34 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 225 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 308 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1950s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 36 |
| Sïŋ―ddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| 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 |
| Volume (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World, 2008 (40 songs)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| 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 |
