| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Tracks of the 1980s (2011)
| 23 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 111 |
| 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)
| 153 |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999)
| 2 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 26 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 34 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| QuestLove (USA) - 50 Favorite Songs (2012)
| 14 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 237 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 240 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| The Boombox (USA) - The 25 Best '80s Songs (2014)
| 2 |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time (1998)
| No Order |
| The Source (USA) - Top 151 Rap Songs of All Time (2003)
| 11 |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| TimeOut Chicago (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 47 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die: Songs (2008)
| No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 138 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 762 |
| XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Singles by Year (2014)
| No Order |
| BBC Radio 6 Music (UK) - Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music (2014)
| No Order |
| Dylan Jones (UK) - iPod, Therefore I Am: 100 Songs You Absolutely Must Have in Your Life (2005)
| 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 |
| IDJ Magazine (UK) - The 50 Greatest Dance Singles (2004)
| 24 |
| Mojo (UK) - 80 from the 80s: Our Fave 45s for Each Year, 1980-1989 (2007)
| 3 |
| Muzik (UK) - The 50 Most Influental Records of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 22 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| The Sunday Times (UK) - 100 Songs to Love (2014)
| No Order |
| 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)
| 318 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 302 |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Sïŋ―ddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| 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 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 101-1000 |
| Vincent Piolet (France) - Birth of French Hip-Hop: Most Significant Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 15 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 8 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 16 |
