| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 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) | 10 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 814 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001) | 96 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 22 |