| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003) | 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 |
| QuestLove (USA) - 50 Favorite Songs (2012) | 6 |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time (1998) | No Order |
| BBC Radio 6 Music (UK) - Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music (2014) | No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007) | No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) | No Order |
| Vincent Piolet (France) - Birth of French Hip-Hop: Most Significant Songs of the 1980s (2015) | 33 |
