Acclaimed Music - Beat It
Michael Jackson
Beat It

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) 53
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) 529
John Grooms (USA) - Top 100 (+23) Rock & Roll Songs 74
Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) 92
Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week No Order
PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003) 77
RIAA and NEA (USA) - 365 Songs of the Century (2001) 76
Robert Christgau (USA) - 10 Best Albums and Singles from the '80s (1990) 4
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1994?) No Order
Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000) 22
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) 337
Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) 56
VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) No Order
VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003) 40
VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2000) 52
Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) 646
Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) No Order
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
End of Year Lists
Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year Winner
Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year No Order
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 7