| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003) | No Order |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995) | No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week | No Order |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001) | 267 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988) | 61 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 336 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989) | 28 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000) | 35 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (2002) | 69 |
| Q (UK) - The 50 Most Exciting Tunes Ever (2002) | 12 |