| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013)
| 11 |
| Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
| 401 |
| 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 |
| OUT (USA) - The 50 Gayest Songs of the 1990s (2011)
| No Order |
| Out (USA) - Madonna's 33 Songs of World Domination (2016)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Songs of the 90's (2003)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s (2010)
| 201 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Greatest Madonna Songs (2015)
| 8 |
| SFGate (USA) - Madonna: Her Biggest Singles, Ranked (2015)
| 11 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 90s (2011)
| 16 |
| Spectrum Culture (USA) - 100 Best Songs of the '90s (2017)
| 54 |
| The Boston Phoenix (USA) - The 90 Best Songs of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003)
| 100 |
| Elspeth Beidas (UK) - 10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists [100 Songs] (2016)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)
| No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
| No Order |
| Max (Australia) - The Top 1000 Greatest Songs of All Time (2013)
| 231 |
| Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003)
| 90 |
| 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 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year
| 6 |
| Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year
| Nominee |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 3 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
| 4 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 10 |
| Select (UK) - Singles of the Year
| 13 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Tracks of the Year
| 10 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
| 7 |