| 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 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 601 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015) | 201 |
| Hervïŋ― Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012 | 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 | 40 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year | 28 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 5 |
