| 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 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week | No Order |
| 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) | 67 |
| Q (UK) - 50 Greatest British Tracks (2005) | 38 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 534 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991) | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 8 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 17 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 2 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 12 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 8 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 1 |