| 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 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Kerrang! (UK) - 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (2002) | 70 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years (2011) | 126 |
| The Movement (New Zealand) - The 77 Best Singles of the 90s (2004) | 77 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year | 14 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | 5 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 7 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 9 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 12 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 17 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 44 |
| OAZA (Yugoslavia) - Singles of the Year | 18 |
| Pure Pop (Mexico) - Singles of the Year | 9 |