| 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)
| 4 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 87 |
| Boom 99.7 (USA) - The Top 499 Songs of All Time (2016)
| 379 |
| 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 |
| Metro Times (USA) - The 100 Greatest Detroit Songs of All Time (and Runners-Up) (2007)
| 59 |
| Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
| 64 |
| OUT (USA) - The 25 Gayest Songs of the 1980s (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)
| 17 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 71 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Greatest Madonna Songs (2015)
| 2 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012)
| 26 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 12 |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990)
| 6 |
| TimeOut Chicago (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 4 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 7 |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2016)
| 7 |
| Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011)
| 58 |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1980s (2008)
| No Order |
| Freaky Trigger (UK) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2005)
| 25 |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
| HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - 80 from the 80s: Our Fave 45s for Each Year, 1980-1989 (2007)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002)
| 64 |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 9 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1980-2004 (2004)
| 20 |
| The Sunday Times (UK) - 100 Songs to Love (2014)
| No Order |
| The Wire (UK) - The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made (1992)
| No Order |
| TimeOut London (UK) - 50 Best '80s Songs (2015)
| 7 |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991)
| No Order |
| Philipp Holstein, RP Online (Germany) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2015)
| 7 |
| Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Vincent Piolet (France) - Birth of French Hip-Hop: Most Significant Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 33 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993)
| 16 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998)
| 52 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 11 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 10 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 18 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 10 |
| Best (France) - Singles of the Year
| 5 |
