| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - The Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month | No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 158 |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999) | 1 |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 9 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 7 |
| Pure Pop (Mexico) - Singles of the Year | 7 |