| 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 1990s (2001) | 85 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year | 3 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | 4 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 2 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - Singles of the Year | 22 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 20 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Tracks of the Year | 7 |