| 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) | 96 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 14 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 20 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 43 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 40 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 4 |