1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 1 |
Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 14 |
Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (USA) - Most Significant Rock Records (2006)
| No Order |
Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003)
| 319 |
Jimmy Guterman (USA) - The 20 Best Rock and Roll Singles of All Time (1992)
| 1 |
Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
Lou Reed (USA) - 100 Favorite Tracks (2005)
| No Order |
Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| No Order |
National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry
| No Order |
Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 61 |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 61 |
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 201-300 |
VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 90 |
Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983)
| No Order |
Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
| 512 |
Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 85 |
Mojo (UK) - The Ultimate Jukebox: 100 Singles You Must Own (2003)
| 99 |
NME (UK) - 40 Records That Captured the Moment 1952-91 (1992)
| No Order |
NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1950s (2012)
| 19 |
Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
Sean Egan (USA) - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Songs (2007)
| No Order |
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 71 |
Gary Pig Gold (Canada) - The 40 Most Influental Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 52 |
Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 225 |
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1950s (2010)
| No Order |
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 102 |
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
| No Order |
Fréderic Platzer (France) - Le top 100 du rock [Top 100 Rock Songs] (2013)
| No Order |
Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |