| Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013)
| 5 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| CMT (USA) - Impact: Songs That Changed the World (2002)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012)
| 46 |
| Gay Star News (USA) - The Definitive Ranking of Madonna's Top 55/58 Songs (2014, updated 2016)
| 1 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| Life (USA) - Dozen Discs That Shook the World (2005)
| No Order |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Out (USA) - Madonna's 33 Songs of World Domination (2016)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Songs of the 80's (2003)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015)
| 201 |
| PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003)
| 25 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone & MTV (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs Since the Beatles (2000)
| 4 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 40 Songs That Changed the World (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of 1984 (2014)
| 67 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Greatest Madonna Songs (2015)
| 5 |
| SFGate (USA) - Madonna: Her Biggest Singles, Ranked (2015)
| 1 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '80s (2017)
| 44 |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
| 1001-2750 |
| Time-Life (USA) - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
| No Order |
| TimeOut New York (USA) - The Best Songs Ever (2016)
| 69 |
| VH1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 10 |
| Will Hermes, Details Magazine (USA) - The 40 Records That Shook the World (1998)
| No Order |
| BBC (UK) - Pop on Trial, Top 50 Songs from the 1980s (2008)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003)
| 30 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010)
| No Order |
| Frïŋ―deric Platzer (France) - Le top 100 du pop [Top 100 Pop Songs] (2013)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussïŋ― (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Hervïŋ― Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012
| No Order |
| Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006)
| No Order |
| El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
| 92 |
| STM Entertainment (Australia) - The 50 Best Songs Ever (2007)
| 35 |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005)
| No Order |
| Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015)
| No Order |
| Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
