| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1990s (2001) | 40 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999) | No Order |
| Muzik (UK) - The 50 Most Influental Records of All Time (2003) | No Order |
| New Musical Express (UK) - 40 Records That Captured the Moment 1952-91 (1992) | No Order |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002) | 49 |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003) | 56 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 103 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| The Movement (New Zealand) - The 77 Best Singles of the 90s (2004) | 26 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 5 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 5 |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | 4 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 9 |