| 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 1990s (2001) | 101 |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000) | 90 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year | 11 |
| Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year | Nominee |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 14 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 2 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 50 |
| Muzik (UK) - Singles of the Year | 32 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 33 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Singles of the Year | 2 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 4 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 26 |
| OAZA (Yugoslavia) - Singles of the Year | 28 |