| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 412 |
| 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) | 101 |
| Elvis Costello - The Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever (2000) | No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 673 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001) | 83 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 19 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 9 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 7 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 15 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 46 |