| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - David Bowie's Top 70 Songs (2017)
| 26 |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 10 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s (and Recommended Listening) (2016)
| 201 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - David Bowie: 30 Essential Songs (2016)
| No Order |
| SportsAlcohol.com (USA) - The Top 32 David Bowie Songs (2016)
| 18 |
| Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015)
| 101 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| Tim Morse (USA) - The Stories Behind the Greatest Songs of All Time (1998)
| No Order |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Every David Bowie Single, Ranked (2016)
| 25 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 531 |
| John Peel (UK) - Peelenium: Four Tracks from Each Year of the Last Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - David Bowie: The 100 Greatest Songs (2015)
| 13 |
| Mojo (UK) - Top 30 David Bowie Songs (2003)
| 24 |
| NME (UK) - Bowie: His Real Greatest Hits (2014)
| 21 |
| Nick Kent (UK) - Soundtrack of the Seventies (2010)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - David Bowie's 30 Best Songs (2008)
| 3 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 21 |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 19 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 101 Best David Bowie Songs (2016)
| 40 |
| 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 |
| Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 30 Best David Bowie Songs (2013)
| 18 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 6 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 3 |
