| 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 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 62 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 438 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Kerrang! (UK) - Singles of the Year | 3 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 6 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 10 |