| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 169 |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 15 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012)
| 19 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 80 |
| Jimmy Guterman (USA) - The 20 Best Rock and Roll Singles of All Time (1992)
| 6 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 9 |
| NBC-10 (USA) - The 30 Best Songs of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Songs of the 80's (2003)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 11 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 24 |
| Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 8 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000)
| 27 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 40 Songs That Changed the World (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of 1984 (2014)
| 1 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 51 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 52 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 52 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 4 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 3 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989)
| 6 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 21-100 |
| TimeOut Chicago (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 5 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 6 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2016)
| 6 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 16 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 3 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 7 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 92 |
| Vibe (USA) - The 101 Greatest Prince Songs (2014)
| 1 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 59 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1980s (2008)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 26 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 25 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 6 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 113 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 48 |
| Neil McCormick, The Telegraph (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2009)
| 46 |
| Neil McCormick, The Telegraph (UK) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 59 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| TimeOut London (UK) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 6 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 9 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 37 |
| Laut (Germany) - The 50 Best Prince Songs (2016)
| 1 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 19 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 87 |
| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2010 - French Edition)
| 1002 |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| Cameron Adams (Australia) -The Best Songs from the 100 Must Have Albums (2013)
| No Order |
| Richard Kingsmill (Australia) - Hottest 100 Songs of All Time (2009)
| 54 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002)
| 99 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 9 |