| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 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 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993) | 32 |
| Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003) | 3 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 5 |