| 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 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999) | No Order |
| The Blues Foundation (USA) - Hall of Fame Inductees for Single | No Order |
| The Recording Academy Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA) | No Order |
| HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003) | 64 |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991) | No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997) | No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999) | No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) | No Order |