| 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 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987) | 12 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Single of the Year | 1 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 11 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 4 |