| 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) | 1002 |
| 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 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015) | 201 |
| 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 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010) | No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 12 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year | 40 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 9 |
