| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 94 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - Postscript (102 Songs) to The Heart of Rock & Soul (1998) | No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year | 6 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 6 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 3 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 19 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 29 |
| Iguana (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 15 |