| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Tracks of the 1980s (2011)
| 1 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 1 |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 40 |
| 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 |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012)
| 42 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
| 85 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 58 |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| 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)
| 13 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 5 |
| Popdose (USA) - 100 (+21) Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years (2008)
| 24 |
| 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)
| 5 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 40 Songs That Changed the World (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 22 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Best Michael Jackson Songs (2014)
| 1 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 58 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 58 |
| San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 1 |
| SoulBounce (USA) - Top 50 Michael Jackson Songs (2010)
| 4 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 2 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 101-200 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990)
| 31 |
| TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| The Boombox (USA) - The 25 Best '80s Songs (2014)
| 17 |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008)
| No Order |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 7 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 2 |
| VH1 (USA) - Michael Jackson's 40 Greatest Songs (2013)
| 1 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 2 |
| inStash (USA) - Top 100: Greatest Songs (Of All Time) (2010)
| 5 |
| 2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
| 15 |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| Freaky Trigger (UK) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2005)
| 19 |
| 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) - 80 from the 80s: Our Fave 45s for Each Year, 1980-1989 (2007)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - Classic Singles (magazine feature 2006-2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 13 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 18 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 57 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
| 24 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 1 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era (2001)
| 22 |
| Wanadoo (UK) - The 20 Best Songs of the 80s
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 22 |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 5 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
| 50 |
| Philipp Holstein, RP Online (Germany) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2015)
| 9 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 53 |
| Zounds (Germany) - The Top 30 Songs of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1992)
| 38 |
| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2010 - French Edition)
| 1002 |
| 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 |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012
| No Order |
| Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Necessary Songs (2015)
| 88 |
| Rolling Stone (France) - The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years (1988)
| 18 |
| Zicabloc (France) - Top 10 Musique Annees 80 [Top 10 Songs of the 1980s] (2013)
| 1 |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 50 |
| Cameron Adams (Australia) -The Best Songs from the 100 Must Have Albums (2013)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Boom (Hong Kong/Mongolia) - 20 Greatest Songs from the '80s (2016)
| 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 |
| Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009)
| No Order |
| 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
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 1 |
