| 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 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 36 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 43 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 10 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 22 |