| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999) | 19 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 18 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 10 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 13 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 35 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 35 |