| 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 |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981) | 38 |
| Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015) | 101 |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011) | 451 |
| 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 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
