| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003) | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 13 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 16 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 9 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 15 |
| Select (UK) - Singles of the Year | 13 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Singles of the Year | 4 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 33 |
| Iguana (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 14 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 6 |