| 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)
| 5 |
| 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)
| 1 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 4 |
| 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)
| 64 |
| Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 266 |
| 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)
| 23 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 206 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 209 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 201-300 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 45 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1960s (2008)
| No Order |
| Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983)
| No Order |
| Colin Larkin (UK) - The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000)
| 55 |
| 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)
| 32 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Ultimate Jukebox: 100 Singles You Must Own (2003)
| 83 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2012)
| 43 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 274 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (1976)
| 24 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 45 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, 100 Essential Singles (2001)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| Sean Egan (USA) - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Songs (2007)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 75 |
| Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's Hot 100 Singles (1975)
| No Order |
| Nils Hansson, Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) - The 48 Best Rock Songs (1998)
| 36 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 16 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 77 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 274 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Causs� (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 101-1000 |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 49 |
| Carlo Herrera and Jose Luis Salas (Spain) - Alimenta Tus Oidos: 70 Playlists (2015)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 44 |
| Record Collectors (Japan) - 100 Best US Songs 1954-1966 (2009)
| 61 |
| Mauro Ronconi (Italy) - The Best Song from the 200 Best Albums (1998)
| 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 |
