| 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 |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 50 Songs of 1997 (2017) | 38 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - Janet Jackson's 50 Best Songs of All Time, Ranked (2016) | 13 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1990s (2001) | 59 |
| VH1 (USA) - Janet Jackson's 50 Greatest Songs of All Time (2016) | 16 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1990s (2008) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013) | 15 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 47 |