| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 97X (USA) - The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time (2006) | 39 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986) | 100 |
| Movement (New Zealand) - The 100 (+300) Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 101 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 4 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 23 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 22 |