| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Blues and Soul (UK) - 40 Essential Soul Singles (2007)
| 4 |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 187 |
| CMT (USA) - Impact: Songs That Changed the World (2002)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012)
| 8 |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 1 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 8 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| Metro Times (USA) - The 100 Greatest Detroit Songs of All Time (and Runners-Up) (2007)
| 25 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry
| No Order |
| Paste Magazine (USA) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2016)
| 7 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Songs of the 60's (2003)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 75 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 4 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000)
| 7 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 40 Songs That Changed the World (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 6 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 5 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 5 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989)
| 35 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1-20 |
| Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 60 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 2 |
| Will Hermes, Details Magazine (USA) - The 40 Records That Shook the World (1998)
| No Order |
| Women Who Rock (USA) - Top 25 Girl-Power Anthems (2003)
| 3 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 21 |
| 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 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 15 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Ultimate Jukebox: 100 Singles You Must Own (2003)
| 27 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2012)
| 16 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 226 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (1976)
| 59 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 24 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 40 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1954-1969 (2004)
| 4 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's Hot 100 Singles (1975)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 6 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 77 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 563 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 6 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997)
| No Order |
| Sïŋ―ddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
| Frïŋ―deric Platzer (France) - Le top 100 du pop [Top 100 Pop Songs] (2013)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussïŋ― (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 42 |
| Volume (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World, 2008 (40 songs)
| No Order |
| Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003)
| 14 |
| STM Entertainment (Australia) - The 50 Best Songs Ever (2007)
| 17 |
| 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 |
| Guido Michielone (Italy) - Jazz Forever: 1020 Tunes 1894-2015 (2015)
| 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 |
