| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999) | No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997) | 65 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002) | 56 |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003) | 19 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 7 |
| Mauro Ronconi (Italy) - The Best Song from the 200 Best Albums (1998) | No Order |