| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) | 17 |
| 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 25 Gayest Songs of the 1980s (2011) | No Order |
| Out (USA) - Madonna's 33 Songs of World Domination (2016) | No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Greatest Madonna Songs (2015) | 12 |
| SFGate (USA) - Madonna: Her Biggest Singles, Ranked (2015) | 14 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 1980s (2012) | 16 |
| Women Who Rock (USA) - Top 25 Girl-Power Anthems (2003) | 16 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 9 |