| 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) | 1-1001 |
| Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein (USA) - Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s (2014) | No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008) | No Order |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008) | No Order |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1980s (2008) | No Order |
| 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 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006) | No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001) | 97 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year | 66 |
