| 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) | 94 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) | 61 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003) | 84 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998) | 28 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 1 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 9 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
| Rockerilla (Italy) - Singles of the Year | 1 |