| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - The Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month | No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 136 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 391 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999) | No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993) | 28 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 2 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 4 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 3 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 2 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 3 |