| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999) | 1 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time (1998) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 48 |