| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 53 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 15 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 16 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 48 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 25 |