| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 543 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 101 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields) - The Best Recordings from 1900 to 1999
| No Order |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990)
| 75 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1980s (2008)
| No Order |
| BBC Radio 6 Music (UK) - Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music (2014)
| No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
| Mixmag (UK) - Nominations for the Greatest Dance Track of All Time (2012)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - 80 from the 80s: Our Fave 45s for Each Year, 1980-1989 (2007)
| 3 |
| NME (UK) - 40 Records That Captured the Moment 1952-91 (1992)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 50 |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 49 |
| Q (UK) - 50 Years of Great British Music, 10 Tracks per Decade (2008)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 29 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| 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)
| 65 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 9 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| 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 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 90 |
| Volume (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World, 2008 (40 songs)
| No Order |
| Javier Blïŋ―nquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993)
| 17 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 4 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 6 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 40 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year
| 12 |
