| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 164 |
| 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 |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 5 |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999) | No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 9 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 5 |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | 18 |