Acclaimed Music - Like a Prayer
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Like a Prayer

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) 6
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) 34
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) 300
San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004) No Order
VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) No Order
Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) No Order
Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) 70
Q (UK) - Top 20 Tracks from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006) 16
Wanadoo (UK) - The 20 Best Songs of the 80s No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993) 40
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 7
Face (UK) - Singles of the Year 23
New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year 16
Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year 10
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Single of the Year 1
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year 15