| 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)
| 5 |
| 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)
| 224 |
| Brad Carl (USA) - 50 Songs from the '70s and '80s That Still Hold Up (2015)
| No Order |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012)
| 2 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 71 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| 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)
| 8 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 15 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 69 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 5 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 27 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 901-1000 |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| TimeOut Chicago (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 16 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 15 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2016)
| 15 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 26 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 55 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 181 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 128 |
| 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 |
| 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)
| 4 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 30 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| The Sunday Times (UK) - 100 Songs to Love (2014)
| No Order |
| TimeOut London (UK) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 3 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 32 |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 4 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 98 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 66 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - Anniversary Special: 222 Songs (2013)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 242 |
| 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 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 12 |
| Vincent Piolet (France) - Birth of French Hip-Hop: Most Significant Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 33 |
| 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 |
| Jam (Italy) - 100 Songs to Understand Rock (2004)
| 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 |
| Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002)
| 99 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |
