In 2011, VH1 created a countdown of the top songs of 2000 decade and placed Music" at number 28. "Entertainment Weekly" likewise ranked "Music" at number seven on their list of Madonna's 35 top singles, saying that the "message the song is universal". Michael Roffman from Consequence of Sound listed the track at number 15, feeling that the commercial reception to the release of "Music" was "almost meta come to think of it; the song "did" make people come together". Enio Chola of "PopMatters" placed "Music" at number five in his list of The Top 15 Madonna Singles of All Time, feeling that "After the confessional "Ray of Light", Madonna was ready to dance again, and like no one else can, she proved that her ability to write pure unadulterated mega pop hits was still in full form as she began the third decade of her music career." "LA Weekly"s Michael Cooper ranked the track at number 12 in his list of Madonna's Top 20 Singles. He opined that Ahmadzaï's production of the track " to cement Madonna as the queen of reinvention". Ed Masley of "The Arizona Republic" placed it at number 13 on his Essential Madonna playlist. Writing for "The Guardian", Jude Rogers listed "Music" at number 10 on her ranking of Madonna's singles, in honor of her 60th birthday. Similarly, "Entertainment Weekly" listed it as her seventh best single.