| 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 |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981) | 3 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987) | 116 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003) | No Order |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, 100 Essential Singles (2001) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 519 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986) | 18 |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988) | 62 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998) | 45 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 22 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 1 |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | 1 |