| 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 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008) | No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011) | 67 |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003) | 74 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) | 756 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 48 |