| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 302 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit, from Worst to Best (2016, updated 2017)
| 6 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The Must List: Best Single Each Year 1990-2014 (2015)
| No Order |
| Garin Pirnia, Glide (USA) - 20 Top Modern Rock Songs of 1994-2004
| 7 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1990s (2001)
| 33 |
| 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 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 (+ 400 "See Also") Tracks of the 1990s (2010)
| 9 |
| Rikky Rooksby (USA) - Inside 100 Classic Rock Tracks (2001)
| No Order |
| Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone (USA) - 50 Best Songs of the Nineties (2016)
| 20 |
| 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)
| 200 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 203 |
| SiriusXM Lithium (USA) - Top 100 Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 76 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 90s (2011)
| 13 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 7 |
| Spin (USA) - Nominations For the Best Songs of the Last 25 Years (2010)
| No Order |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1994 (2014)
| 2 |
| Spin (USA) - The Top 20 Singles of the 90s (1999)
| 6 |
| SportsAlcohol.com (USA) - The 90 Best Songs of the '90s (2015)
| 21 |
| 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 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 100 Singles of the '90s (2007)
| 96 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 63 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 11 |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 93 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 354 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - 16 Singles of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| TimeOut London (UK) - 50 Best '90s Songs (2015)
| 15 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 86 |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 24 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 16 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 79 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010)
| 6 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 391 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - Anniversary Special: 222 Songs (2013)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 154 |
| 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 |
| 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 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 101-1000 |
| Technikart (France) - Top 20 Songs per Year 1991-2011 (2012)
| 7 |
| Volume (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World, 2008 (40 songs)
| No Order |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Songs from 1990 to 1998 (1999)
| 11 |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995)
| 38 |
| Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 33 Best Songs of the '90s (2014)
| 5 |
| Radio Hauraki (New Zealand) - Top 300 Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 53 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Music Colony Bi-Weekly (China?) - The 10 Best Singles of the 90s (1999)
| 2 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Jam (Italy) - 100 Songs to Understand Rock (2004)
| 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 |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002)
| 99 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Argentina) - The 10 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010)
| 10 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Spin (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 6 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 11 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 18 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 6 |
| Select (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 28 |
| Vox (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 3 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Dagsavisen (Norway) - Single of the Year
| 1 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Tracks of the Year
| 1 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Rock & Folk (France) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year
| 9 |
