| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 104 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 84 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008) | No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003) | 16 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1994?) | No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 467 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) | 9 |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| Kerrang! (UK) - 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (2002) | 61 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 764 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | 7 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 13 |