| 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) | 355 |
| 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) | 694 |
| 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) | 147 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009) | 138 |
| Freaky Trigger (UK) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2005) | 97 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 18 |
