| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 125 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 909 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 90 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week | No Order |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001) | 340 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 17 |