| 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 |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 442 |
| Soul Bounce (USA) - The Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs (2008) | 55 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) | 28 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 12 |
