| 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 |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 25 Songs of 1987 (2017) | 18 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015) | 201 |
| Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989) | 76 |
| Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009) | 1022 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year | 19 |
