| 100% | ALSO | 4 | "___ Sprach Zarathustra," 1973 song |
| 67% | DEODATO | 7 | "Also Sprach Zarathustra" hitmaker, 1973 |
| 51% | ALSO | 4 | "___ Sprach Zarathustra" |
| 50% | SAILONSAILOR | 12 | 1973 Beach Boys song |
| 47% | ALSO | 4 | — sprach Zarathustra, Richard Strauss tone poem |
| 45% | DOODOODOODOODOO | 15 | 1973 song by the Rolling Stones subtitled "Heartbreaker" |
| 45% | ALSO | 4 | ___ Sprach Zarathustra (theme from "2001: A Space Odyssey") |
| 43% | ANGIE | 5 | 1973 Rolling Stones #1 song |
| 42% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind," 1973 song by Elton John |
| 42% | BENNIE | 6 | "___ and the Jets," 1973 song by Elton John |
| 42% | TIMEINABOTTLE | 13 | 1973 #1 song by Jim Croce |
| 41% | ANGIE | 5 | 1973 #1 song from the Rolling Stones |
| 41% | STIRITUP | 8 | Classic 1973 Bob Marley song |
| 40% | KILLINGMESOFTLY | 15 | #1 song of 1973 and 1996 |
| 40% | DESPERADO | 9 | Eagles album and song of 1973 |
| 39% | DESPERADO | 9 | Title song of a 1973 Eagles album |
| 39% | BANJOS | 6 | Dueling instruments in a 1973 hit song |
| 38% | THEBOSS | 7 | What James Brown “paid the cost to be,” in a 1973 song |
| 38% | PIANOMAN | 8 | 1973 Billy Joel song about a bar musician: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ANAME | 5 | "I Got ___" (1973 song) |
| 37% | JOLENE | 6 | 1973 hit song by Dolly Parton that starts with the chorus |
| 37% | THUS | 4 | First word in the translated title of Nietzsche's 1885 novel "Also sprach Zarathustra" |
| 35% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | 1973 Elton John song that was his first #1 hit: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ALSO | 4 | "2001: A Space Odyssey" used as its theme music the opening fanfare of "___ Sprach Zarathustra" |
| 35% | ANGIE | 5 | Girl's name in #1 1973 and 1974 song titles |
| 35% | HALF | 4 | ___-Breed, 1973 song by Cher which entered the Billboard Hot 100 on August 4, 1973 |
| 34% | MONEY | 5 | 1973 Pink Floyd song that featured in the 2003 movie "The Italian Job" |
| 34% | MORTSAHL | 8 | Political comedian with the 1973 album "Sing a Song of Watergate" |
| 33% | BENNIE | 6 | "___ and the Jets," 1973 song by Elton John covered by the Beastie Boys feat Biz Markie |