"Part of Your World" is also considered one of Disney's best "I Want" songs, credited with initiating a trend of Disney heroines singing about wanting more out of their lives. On MTV's ranking of "Disney's 'I Want' Songs from Worst to Best", "Part of Your World" was placed first. Space.ca agreed with MTV's ranking, at the same time crediting it with the success of “Let It Go”, a popular "I Want" song from Disney's "Frozen" (2013). "Boing Boing" also ranked "Part of Your World" first on the website's countdown of "All of Disney’s 'I Want' songs", with author Caroline Siede lauding it as "potentially one of the best ['I Want' songs] in musical theater as a whole." The ballad was also ranked first on "The Odyssey Online"'s "Top 11 Disney 'I Want' Songs". "The Daily Dot" ranked "Part of Your World" the third greatest Disney "I Want" song, believing it deserved to win the Academy Award over "Under the Sea". Author Aja Romano credits the song with making princess characters "relevant again" by introducing "a girl with something to fight for instead of vague wishes about princes." Additionally, "Part of Your World" has had a profound influence on subsequent Disney ballads and "I Want" songs. Filmtracks.com credits the song with "Setting the table for songs like 'Belle' "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) and several others in the years to come ... becom a concept that Menken attempted to infuse in each subsequent effort." Decider.com's Tyler Coates believes that the song directly influenced "Let it Go", writing, "While the composition of 'Let It Go' and 'Part of Your World' are very different ... the former would not exist if it were not for the latter."