| 100% | INKA | 4 | "___ Dinka Doo" (theme song of Jimmy Durante) |
| 51% | INKA | 4 | Start of a Jimmy Durante song |
| 50% | NOLA | 4 | Theme song of Vincent Lopez |
| 50% | NEARYOU | 7 | Theme song of Milton Berle |
| 49% | NOLA | 4 | Theme song of bandleader Vincent Lopez |
| 49% | ITSMAGIC | 8 | Theme song of "The Doris Day Show" |
| 47% | DOO | 3 | Jimmy Durante's "Inka Dinka ___" |
| 46% | ADELINE | 7 | Campaign theme song of JFK's grandad: "Sweet __" |
| 45% | WEIRDSCIENCE | 12 | Title theme song of a 1985 John Hughes film |
| 45% | EYE | 3 | "Rocky III" theme song "___ of the Tiger" |
| 45% | DONOTFORSAKE | 12 | With 49-Across, theme song of 37- and 38-Across |
| 44% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There For You," theme song of the sitcom "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 43% | LOSTLOVE | 8 | Theme of many sad songs |
| 42% | LOSTLOVE | 8 | Theme of many a country song |
| 42% | ANGER | 5 | Theme of many heavy metal songs |
| 42% | HAPPYTRAILS | 11 | Theme song of a classic western, visually suggested six times in this puzzle's grid |
| 40% | HAD | 3 | "Dirty Dancing" theme song "(I've ___) The Time of My Life" |
| 40% | WALTZINGMATILDA | 15 | National song, theme of today's puzzle |
| 40% | INKA | 4 | "___ Dinka Doo" (Durante tune) |
| 39% | INKA | 4 | Durante's "___ Dinka Doo" |
| 39% | WHO | 3 | "___ Are You" (theme song of "CSI") |
| 38% | PRESSURE | 8 | 1982 Billy Joel song with the theme of stress |
| 38% | EARL | 4 | "Duke of ___" (classic doo-wop song) |
| 38% | USA | 3 | "Good Morning ___" (theme song of "American Dad!") |
| 37% | ONUP | 4 | "Movin' ___" (theme song of "The Jeffersons"): 2 wds. |
| 37% | AWESOME | 7 | "Everything Is ___" (theme song of "The Lego Movie") |
| 36% | THEBRADYBUNCH | 13 | 1969-1974 sitcom whose theme song began "Here's the story of a lovely lady ...": 3 wds. |
| 36% | ALJARREAU | 9 | Singer whose "Moonlighting" was the theme song for the TV show of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ILOVEYOU | 8 | Start of Barney's theme song |
| 35% | BOP | 3 | Catchy song, slangily, like the ones mentioned in the theme of this puzzle |