| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Tracks of the 1980s (2011)
| 22 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit, from Worst to Best (2016, updated 2017)
| 85 |
| Hear Ya (USA) - Top 100 Indie Songs of All Time (2007)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 112 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - All 102 Nirvana Songs Ranked (2014)
| 8 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 84 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 739 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 414 |
| 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 1980s (2012)
| 64 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 464 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - Nirvana's 20 Greatest Songs (2004)
| 2 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 18 |
| Laut (Germany) - The 30 Best Nirvana Songs (2014)
| 9 |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Radio Hauraki (New Zealand) - Top 300 Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 33 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008)
| No Order |
| Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009)
| No Order |