| 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) | 6 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 358 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001) | 101 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week | No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988) | 98 |
| Colin Larkin (UK) - The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000) | 35 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987) | 86 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997) | No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999) | No Order |