| 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 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995) | No Order |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1994?) | No Order |
| John Peel (UK) - Peelenium: Four Tracks from Each Year of the Last Century (1999) | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 21 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 6 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 3 |