| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 97X (USA) - The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time (2006) | 375 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001) | 243 |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000) | 97 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 243 |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| Wanadoo (UK) - The 20 Best Songs of the 80s | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | 7 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 8 |