| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003) | No Order |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| NBC-10 (USA) - The 30 Best Songs of the 80s (2006) | No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week | No Order |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001) | 322 |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000) | 53 |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003) | 51 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 30 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 23 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 37 |