Year Publisher Country Accolade Rank
1981 Dave Marsh & James Bernard United States "Singles Of The Year 1978"[10] 1
1989 Dave Marsh United States "The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made"[11] 716
1989 Rolling Stone United States "The 100 Best Singles Of The Last 25 Years"[12] 50
1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame United States "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll"[13] *
2000 Rolling Stone United States "100 Greatest Pop Songs"[14] 93
2000 VH1 United States "100 Greatest Dance Songs"[15] 10
2001 RIAA United States "Songs of the Century" (365)[16] 94
2003 PopMatters United States "The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared"[17] 65
2003 Q United Kingdom "100 Songs That Changed The World"[18] 17
2003 Q United Kingdom "The 1001 Best Songs Ever"[19] 280
2004 Rolling Stone United States "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"[2] 189
2009 VH1 United States "100 Greatest Rock Songs"[20] 54
2010 Rolling Stone United States "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"[21] 191
2011 Robert Dimery United Kingdom "1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die"[22] *
2011 Time United States "All-TIME 100 Songs"[23] *