| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 104 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 84 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 41 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 16 |
| Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 41 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 467 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 473 |
| Spin (USA) - Every Guns N' Roses Song, Ranked (2016)
| 1 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990)
| 9 |
| Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Every Guns N' Roses Song, Ranked Worst to Best (2015)
| 1 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 293 |
| inStash (USA) - Top 100: Greatest Songs (Of All Time) (2010)
| 53 |
| Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 219 |
| Kerrang (UK) - 666 Songs You Must Own: The Ultimate Playlist (2004)
| 1 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (2002)
| 61 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Neon (Germany) - Die 222 besten Songs aller Zeiten [The 222 Best Songs of All Time] (2008)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010)
| No Order |
| Denis Labbïŋ― (France) - Les 100 indispensables du metal a telecharger [100 Indispensable Metal Songs to Download] (2008)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussïŋ― (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Roadie Crew (Brazil) - 200 Real Hymns of Heavy Metal and Classic Rock You Must Hear Before You Die (2011)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 7 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 13 |
