| 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 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 2 |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988) | 81 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 12 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 8 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 30 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 14 |