| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003) | No Order |
| 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 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) | 101 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015) | 201 |
| QuestLove (USA) - 50 Favorite Songs (2012) | 6 |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time (1998) | No Order |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008) | No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011) | No Order |
| Vincent Piolet (France) - Birth of French Hip-Hop: Most Significant Songs of the 1980s (2015) | 7 |
