| 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) | 16 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 558 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001) | 8 |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000) | 51 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 389 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989) | 17 |
| Elvis Costello - The Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever (2000) | No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000) | 74 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987) | 25 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 594 |