| 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 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) | 21 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986) | 74 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 14 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 21 |