Acclaimed Music - The Boys of Summer
Don Henley
The Boys of Summer

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) 67
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) 118
Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) 101
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) 416
Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) 57
2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003) 44
Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997) 98
Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) 749
Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) No Order
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) 37
Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999) No Order
Movement (New Zealand) - The 100 (+300) Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) 99
Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) No Order
End of Year Lists
Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year Nominee
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 6
Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year 10
New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year 17