| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003) | No Order |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981) | 6 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 987 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 499 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003) | 84 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 642 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 1 |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | No Order |