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| Place | ||
| Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's Hot 100 Singles (1975) | No Order | |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981) | 11 | |
| New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987) | 47 | |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) | 130 | |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995) | No Order | |
| Nerikes Allehanda (Sweden) - The 50 Best Rock Songs of All Time (1992) | 33 | |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997) | 101 | |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997) | No Order | |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998) | 32 | |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999) | No Order | |
| John Grooms (USA) - Top 100 (+23) Rock & Roll Songs | 4 | |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000) | 31 | |
| The Recording Academy Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA, 2001) | No Order |