| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 15 |
| DiscoMusic.com - Top 700 Disco Songs (2003)
| 36 |
| Frank Ocean (USA) - Favorite Songs (2016)
| No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001)
| 4 |
| National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry
| 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 1970s (and Recommended Listening) (2016)
| 4 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 38 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 40 Songs That Changed the World (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 411 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 418 |
| Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015)
| 11 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 65 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die: Songs (2008)
| No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 14 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1970s (2008)
| No Order |
| BBC Radio 6 Music (UK) - Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music (2014)
| 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 |
| HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999)
| No Order |
| IDJ Magazine (UK) - The 50 Greatest Dance Singles (2004)
| 37 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mixmag (UK) - Nominations for the Greatest Dance Track of All Time (2012)
| No Order |
| Mixmag (UK) - The 100 Best Dance Singles of All Time (1996)
| 12 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 96 |
| Muzik (UK) - The 50 Most Influental Records of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 79 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 6 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 3 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, 100 Essential Singles (2001)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 36 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 50 Most Exciting Tunes Ever (2002)
| 44 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1970-1979 (2004)
| 3 |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 68 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 11 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 1 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 18 |
| 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)
| 134 |
| Neon (Germany) - Die 222 besten Songs aller Zeiten [The 222 Best Songs of All Time] (2008)
| No Order |
| Philipp Holstein, RP Online (Germany) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2015)
| 32 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 458 |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Sïŋ―ddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
| Hervïŋ― Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012
| No Order |
| Jean-Eric Perrin (France) - 100 plus grands tubes disco ïŋ― tïŋ―lïŋ―charger [100 Greatest Disco Hits to Download] (2008)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 101-1000 |
| 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 |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| 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)
| 64 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
