| 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) | 4 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 185 |
| Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003) | 284 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995) | No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001) | 45 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 398 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 373 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 29 |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995) | 35 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | No Order |