| 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) | 2 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003) | 58 |
| rap.about.com (USA) - 50 Great Hip Hop Songs (2001?) | 50 |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| Movement (New Zealand) - The 100 (+300) Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) | 101 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Spin (USA) - Singles of the Year | 3 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 10 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 16 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Singles of the Year | 4 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 11 |
| Pure Pop (Mexico) - Singles of the Year | 8 |