| 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 |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 25 Songs of 1987 (2017) | 19 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| NBC-10 (USA) - The 30 Best Songs of the 80s (2006) | No Order |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017) | 1001-2750 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015) | 112 |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011) | 623 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007) | No Order |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997) | 225 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 6 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year | 59 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 24 |
