| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008) | No Order |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years (2011) | 120 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 27 |
| Movement (New Zealand) - The 100 (+300) Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 101 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year | 8 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 3 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 8 |
| Select (UK) - Singles of the Year | 10 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Tracks of the Year | 11 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 12 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Singles of the Year | 13 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 7 |
| OAZA (Yugoslavia) - Singles of the Year | 11 |