| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 586 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001) | 66 |
| Nils Hansson, Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) - The 48 Best Rock Songs (1998) | 25 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993) | 66 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 1 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 1 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 10 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 15 |