| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 18 |
| 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 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 868 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 41 |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | 30 |