| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - Janet Jackson's 50 Best Songs of All Time, Ranked (2016) | 7 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s (2015) | 201 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012) | 85 |
| Soul Bounce (USA) - The Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs (2008) | 42 |
| VH1 (USA) - Janet Jackson's 50 Greatest Songs of All Time (2016) | 19 |
