| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 62 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000) | 69 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) | 30 |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 19 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 20 |