Honors
- 1999, Time magazine called it the song of the century.
- 2002, the Library of Congress honored the song as one of 50 recordings chosen that year to be added to the National Recording Registry.
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution listed the song as Number One on "100 Songs of the South".
- Bob Dylan cited "Strange Fruit" as an influence in the 2005 documentary No Direction Home.
- Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer Dejan Cukić wrote about "Strange Fruit" as among 45 songs that changed the history of popular music in his book 45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama.
- 2010, the New Statesman listed it as one of the “Top 20 Political Songs”.
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