| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 97X (USA) - The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time (2006) | 406 |
| 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 |
| NBC-10 (USA) - The 30 Best Songs of the 80s (2006) | No Order |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - 50 Greatest British Tracks (2005) | 23 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 885 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Wanadoo (UK) - The 20 Best Songs of the 80s | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 12 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 29 |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | 2 |