| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| 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)
| 10 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)- The Songs That Shaped Rock (Additions 2011)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 299 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 304 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 46 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| Vibe (USA) - The 101 Greatest Prince Songs (2014)
| 19 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music (UK) - Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music (2014)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999)
| 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 1980s (2012)
| 48 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 192 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 68 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Nils Hansson, Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) - The 48 Best Rock Songs (1998)
| 7 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 3 |
| 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)
| 12 |
| Laut (Germany) - The 50 Best Prince Songs (2016)
| 5 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 251 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 361 |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2010 - French Edition)
| 1002 |
| 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 |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 9 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993)
| 3 |
| Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003)
| 40 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| 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 |
| Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017)
| 175 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 3 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 4 |
| Best (France) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year
| 4 |
