| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update) | 1002 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003) | No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 451 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Complex (USA) - The Top 100 Songs of the 2000s (2009) | 100 |
| The Source (USA) - Top 151 Rap Songs of All Time (2003) | 139 |
| XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Singles by Year (2014) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | 5 |
| Spin (USA) - Singles of the Year | 5 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 6 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 22 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year | 15 |
