| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 97X (USA) - The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time (2008) | 483 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011) | 133 |
| Mojo (UK) - 80 from the 80s: Our Fave 45s for Each Year, 1980-1989 (2007) | 2 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003) | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 27 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993) | 34 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 51 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 4 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 9 |
| Best (France) - Singles of the Year | 5 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 26 |