| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Tracks of the 1980s (2011)
| 70 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Ranking: Every Song by The Smiths, from Worst to Best (2017)
| 2 |
| OUT (USA) - The 25 Gayest Songs of the 1980s (2011)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 109 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 96 |
| Rikky Rooksby (USA) - Inside 100 Classic Rock Tracks (2001)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 41 |
| TimeOut Chicago (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 38 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 33 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2016)
| 33 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 9 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 17 |
| Artrocker (UK) - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks (2010)
| 52 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1980s (2008)
| No Order |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 80 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Smiths' 50 Greatest Songs (2016)
| 4 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 14 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 64 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 7 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 22 |
| 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)
| 76 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1980-2004 (2004)
| 17 |
| Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004)
| No Order |
| The Observer (UK) - 31 Songs That Changed 31 Music Fans' Lives (2003)
| No Order |
| TimeOut London (UK) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 10 |
| Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 25 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 10 |
| Uncut (UK) - The Smiths' 30 Best Songs (2007)
| 5 |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991)
| No Order |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 16 |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 36 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - Die 75 Einflussreichsten Platten Aller Zeiten [The 75 Most Influential Records of All Time] (2012)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 92 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 388 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997)
| No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Sïŋ―ddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
| Zounds (Germany) - The Top 30 Songs of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1992)
| 38 |
| 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 |
| Volume (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World, 2008 (40 songs)
| No Order |
| Carlo Herrera and Jose Luis Salas (Spain) - Alimenta Tus Oidos: 70 Playlists (2015)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| 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)
| 15 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 9 |
| Rockerilla (Italy) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
