| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1-1001 |
| Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013)
| 1 |
| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Tracks of the 1980s (2011)
| 27 |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 6 |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 95 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Gay Star News (USA) - The Definitive Ranking of Madonna's Top 55/58 Songs (2014, updated 2016)
| 1 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 34 |
| Nathan Brackett (USA) - Legendary Rock Songs (2011)
| No Order |
| Out (USA) - Madonna's 33 Songs of World Domination (2016)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 50 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Greatest Madonna Songs (2015)
| 1 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
| 300 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
| 306 |
| SFGate (USA) - Madonna: Her Biggest Singles, Ranked (2015)
| 9 |
| San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 7 |
| Spin (USA) - Nominations For the Best Songs of the Last 25 Years (2010)
| No Order |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 401-500 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 169 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| Freaky Trigger (UK) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2005)
| 4 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| 19 |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012)
| 33 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 47 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Tracks from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006)
| 16 |
| Wanadoo (UK) - The 20 Best Songs of the 80s
| No Order |
| 3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
| No Order |
| Neon (Germany) - Die 222 besten Songs aller Zeiten [The 222 Best Songs of All Time] (2008)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
| 362 |
| Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993)
| 40 |
| Cameron Adams (Australia) -The Best Songs from the 100 Must Have Albums (2013)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 7 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 23 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 16 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 10 |
| Dagsavisen (Norway) - Single of the Year
| 1 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year
| 15 |