| 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) | 39 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000) | 40 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002) | 47 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 5 |
| Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003) | 33 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) | No Order |