| 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) | 8 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 988 |
| Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Singles (1979) | No Order |
| Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields) - The Best Recordings from 1900 to 1999 | No Order |
| New Musical Express (UK) - NME Rock Years, Single of the Year 1963-99 (2000) | No Order |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987) | 15 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, 100 Essential Singles (2001) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003) | 92 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2009 | No Order |