| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 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) | 18 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| OUT (USA) - The 25 Gayest Songs of the 1980s (2011) | No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015) | 29 |
| 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 |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005) | 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 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year | 41 |
| Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year | 30 |