| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blues and Soul (UK) - 40 Essential Soul Singles (2007)
| 3 |
| 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)
| 5 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 15 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003)
| 136 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Paste Magazine (USA) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2016)
| 19 |
| Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 Songs of the 60s (2006)
| 28 |
| Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 6 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 22 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000)
| 32 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 7 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 28 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 26 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 21-100 |
| Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 33 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 49 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1960s (2008)
| No Order |
| Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983)
| 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)
| 17 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2012)
| 28 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 150 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (1976)
| 16 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 113 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 34 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
| No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986)
| 28 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 4 |
| Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
| 77 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 18 |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Fréderic Platzer (France) - Le top 100 du pop [Top 100 Pop Songs] (2013)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 72 |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 7 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 17 |
| Rocks Musiczine (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Songs in History (1995)
| 16 |
| Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003)
| 1 |
| STM Entertainment (Australia) - The 50 Best Songs Ever (2007)
| 48 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002)
| 12 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
