| 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) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 212 |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999) | 4 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 33 |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - 10 Best Albums and Singles from the '80s (1990) | 6 |
| Muzik (UK) - The 50 Most Influental Records of All Time (2003) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 50 |