| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003) | No Order |
| CMT (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music (2003) | 2 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 435 |
| Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003) | 147 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 13 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999) | No Order |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001) | 336 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 270 |
| Movement (New Zealand) - The 100 (+300) Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 63 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) | No Order |