| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 315 |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 8 |
| Brad Carl (USA) - 50 Songs from the '70s and '80s That Still Hold Up (2015)
| No Order |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 71 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 24 |
| NBC-10 (USA) - The 30 Best Songs of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
| Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| 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)
| 201 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 32 |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 44 |
| 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)
| 42 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 95 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 84 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 84 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 92 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 21-100 |
| Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
| TimeOut Chicago (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 21 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 30 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 157 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 9 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000)
| 42 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 687 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009)
| 334 |
| inStash (USA) - Top 100: Greatest Songs (Of All Time) (2010)
| 11 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 90 |
| BBC Radio2 (UK) - Sold on Song, a Celebration of Great Songs and Songwriting
| No Order |
| Colin Larkin (UK) - The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000)
| 61 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
| 91 |
| Q (UK) - 50 Years of Great British Music, 10 Tracks per Decade (2008)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986)
| 26 |
| The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock: Classic Recordings (2008)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| TimeOut London (UK) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 29 |
| Nerikes Allehanda (Sweden) - The 50 Best Rock Songs of All Time (1992)
| 24 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 29 |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 14 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
| 80 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 30 Best Songs by Sting and The Police (2013)
| 1 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 153 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997)
| No Order |
| Fréderic Platzer (France) - Le top 100 du pop [Top 100 Pop Songs] (2013)
| No Order |
| 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 |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 79 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| 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 |
| Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year
| Nominee |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 2 |
| Kerrang! (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 7 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 27 |
