| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Tracks of the 1980s (2011)
| 91 |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 12 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 98 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| NBC-10 (USA) - The 30 Best Songs of the 80s (2006)
| 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)
| 127 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001)
| 122 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 22 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| TimeOut Chicago (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 36 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 56 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| Women Who Rock (USA) - Top 25 Girl-Power Anthems (2003)
| 13 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
| No Order |
| Zounds (Germany) - The Top 30 Songs of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1992)
| 34 |
| 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 |
| Zicabloc (France) - Top 10 Musique Annees 80 [Top 10 Songs of the 1980s] (2013)
| 9 |
| STM Entertainment (Australia) - The 50 Best Songs Ever (2007)
| 28 |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year
| Nominee |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 10 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 28 |