| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 166 |
| 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) | 63 |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003) | 52 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000) | 83 |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) | 32 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 14 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 1 |