| 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 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - Postscript (102 Songs) to The Heart of Rock & Soul (1998) | No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week | No Order |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1994?) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 313 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001) | 37 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993) | 6 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 20 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 8 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 31 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 18 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 4 |