In 2004, "My Sweet Lord" was ranked 460th on "Rolling Stone"s list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". According to the website Acclaimed Music, it has also appeared in the following critics' best-song lists and books, among others: "The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944–2000" by author Bruce Pollock (2005), Dave Thompson's "1000 Songs That Rock Your World" (2011; ranked at number 247), "Ultimate Classic Rock"s "Top 100 Classic Rock Songs" (2013; number 56), the "NME"s "100 Best Songs of the 1970s" (2012; number 65), and the same magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (2014; number 270).