| 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) | 27 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 937 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001) | 101 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 319 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (2002) | 97 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 748 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986) | 20 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 12 |