| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 97X (USA) - The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time (2006) | 480 |
| Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003) | No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 57 |
| 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 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) | 10 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - 50 Greatest British Tracks (2005) | 28 |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) | 8 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Wanadoo (UK) - The 20 Best Songs of the 80s | No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999) | No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 16 |