| 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 |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981) | 31 |
| Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Singles (1979) | No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week | No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Best Michael Jackson Songs (2014) | 17 |
| SoulBounce (USA) - Top 50 Michael Jackson Songs (2010) | 29 |
| Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015) | 49 |
| VH1 (USA) - Michael Jackson's 40 Greatest Songs (2013) | 18 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007) | No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 29 |