1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003)
| No Order |
Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 252 |
Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 252 |
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
Consequence of Sound (USA) - Bruce Springsteen's Top 40 Songs (2016)
| 16 |
Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 132 |
Jim Beviglia (USA) - Counting Down Bruce Springsteen: His 100 Finest Songs (and 100 More) (2014)
| 9 |
Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 101 |
NBC-10 (USA) - The 30 Best Songs of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 67 |
RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 59 |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)- The Songs That Shaped Rock (Additions 2011)
| No Order |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of 1984 (2014)
| 9 |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Bruce Springsteen Songs (2013)
| 9 |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 275 |
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 280 |
San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004)
| No Order |
Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 49 |
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 201-300 |
TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 14 |
VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 29 |
WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 442 |
BBC Radio2 (UK) - Sold on Song, a Celebration of Great Songs and Songwriting
| No Order |
Classic Rock (UK) - The '80s Finest, Weirdest & Most Treasured 7-inches (2006)
| No Order |
Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 7 |
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004)
| No Order |
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
Uncut (UK) - Bruce Springsteen's 40 Greatest Songs (2003)
| 9 |
Nerikes Allehanda (Sweden) - The 50 Best Rock Songs of All Time (1992)
| 25 |
Eclipsed (Germany) - Top 30 Bruce Springsteen Songs (2014)
| 5 |
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 338 |
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 |
Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
Zicabloc (France) - Top 10 Musique Annees 80 [Top 10 Songs of the 1980s] (2013)
| 4 |
Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 30 Best Bruce Springsteen Songs (2014)
| 5 |
STM Entertainment (Australia) - The 50 Best Songs Ever (2007)
| 7 |
Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
Jam (Italy) - 100 Songs to Understand Rock (2004)
| No Order |
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year
| Nominee |
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 15 |
NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 32 |