| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003) | No Order |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999) | 5 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1990s (2001) | 101 |
| rap.about.com (USA) - 50 Great Hip Hop Songs (2001?) | 26 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year | 10 |
| Spin (USA) - Singles of the Year | 9 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 6 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 7 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year | 48 |
| Mixmag (UK) - Singles of the Year | 18 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year | 27 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Singles of the Year | 26 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 1 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Singles of the Year | No Order |