| 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) | 1 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 890 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988) | 90 |
| Colin Larkin (UK) - The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000) | 73 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | No Order |