| 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 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week | No Order |
| Complete Book of the British Charts (UK, 2001) - Neil Warwick's Top 10 Singles | 3 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006) | No Order |
| Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003) | 72 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 21 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 31 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 14 |
| Select (UK) - Singles of the Year | 3 |
| Vox (UK) - Singles of the Year | 7 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 17 |