| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 299 |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016) | 437 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015) | 201 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Best Michael Jackson Songs (2014) | 6 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012) | 94 |
| SoulBounce (USA) - Top 50 Michael Jackson Songs (2010) | 24 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017) | 40 |
| VH1 (USA) - Michael Jackson's 40 Greatest Songs (2013) | 13 |
| 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) | 96 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 39 |
