| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 68 |
| 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) | 4 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 1 |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - 10 Best Albums and Singles from the '80s (1990) | 1 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) | 3 |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time (1998) | No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 9 |