| 100% | OUR | 3 | "___ Day Will Come" (1963 #1 hit) |
| 97% | OUR | 3 | “___ Day Will Come” (1963 No. 1 hit for Ruby & the Romantics) |
| 77% | OUR | 3 | "__ Day Will Come"; 1963 song |
| 65% | OUR | 3 | "___ Day Will Come" (1960s hit covered by Amy Winehouse in 2003) |
| 61% | OUR | 3 | "__ Day Will Come" |
| 54% | HIM | 3 | "I Will Follow ___" (1963 #1 hit) |
| 52% | ATLAST | 6 | "I thought this day would never come!" |
| 49% | INI | 3 | Kamoze with the No. 1 hit “Here Comes the Hotstepper” |
| 49% | ROWDY | 5 | "All My ___ Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" (1984 country hit) |
| 48% | MINUTES | 7 | There are 1,440 in a day |
| 47% | HES | 3 | 1963 #1 hit "___ So Fine" |
| 47% | NSYNC | 5 | Boy band with the No. 1 hit "It's Gonna Be Me" |
| 47% | NSYNC | 5 | Pop group with the No. 1 hit "It's Gonna Be Me" |
| 46% | SUGARSHACK | 10 | 1963 #1 hit for the Fireballs |
| 46% | TOMORROW | 8 | The day that is always coming and never arrives |
| 45% | LORDE | 5 | Her No. 1 hit "Royals" was inspired by a 1976 photo of George Brett |
| 45% | RITAORA | 7 | Pop star whose first U.K. No. 1 hit was “How We Do (Party)” |
| 45% | WAP | 3 | 2020 No. 1 hit whose title acronym is compared to “macaroni in a pot” |
| 45% | BIEBER | 6 | Singer Justin whose first No. 1 hit was 2015's "What Do You Mean?" |
| 45% | TWOAM | 5 | It comes 1/12 of the way through the day |
| 45% | LEAVEITTOBEAVER | 15 | This and Sputnik 1 were launched on the same day |
| 44% | LOVELY | 6 | "___ Day," 1977 hit by Bill Withers that was featured in "127 Hours" |
| 43% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | Pop star with the No. 1 hit “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” |
| 43% | TUE | 3 | Day this week when BAS was at 1-Across for the Atlantic crossword: abbr. |
| 43% | MAMA | 4 | Who "said there'll be days like this," in a 1961 hit |
| 42% | SHE | 3 | "What ___ Is" (1988 #1 country hit) |
| 42% | SURFERGIRL | 10 | 1963 Beach Boys hit that, according to Brian Wilson, was his first composition: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WEST | 4 | "Wild Wild ___" (#1 hit for Will Smith) |
| 41% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Festival that comes after Thanksgiving Day and is celebrated on 25th December every year |
| 41% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | Festival that comes before Thanksgiving Day and is celebrated on 31st October every year |