1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
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)
| 296 |
Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Singles (1979)
| No Order |
Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003)
| 271 |
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)
| 79 |
Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s (and Recommended Listening) (2016)
| 201 |
RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 29 |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 432 |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 439 |
Soul Bounce (USA) - The Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs (2008)
| 64 |
Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989)
| 57 |
Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015)
| 53 |
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 601-700 |
Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
BBC Radio2 (UK) - Sold on Song, a Celebration of Great Songs and Songwriting
| No Order |
Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1970s (2012)
| 35 |
NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 11 |
Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 478 |
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |