| 100% | BROWNSUGAR | 10 | #1 hit single from 31-Across with controversial lyrics: 2 wds. |
| 79% | WILDHORSES | 10 | Hit single from 31-Across with the lyric "we'll ride them someday": 2 wds. |
| 52% | LOVEYOURSELF | 12 | #1 hit single from 44-Across's album "Purpose" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | DJANGOJANE | 10 | Single from 32-Across with the lyric "Black girl magic, y'all can't stand it" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MARJORIE | 8 | Hit single from 52-Across with the lyrics "I should've asked you how to be" |
| 48% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Hit single from 15-Across with the lyrics "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 48% | LOSINGMY | 8 | With 26-Down, single from 15-Across that became R.E.M.'s biggest hit: 2 wds. |
| 46% | WHATDOYOUMEAN | 13 | #1 hit single from 44-Across's album "Purpose" (4 wds.) |
| 46% | DARLINGNIKKI | 12 | Song with controversial lyrics on the album 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SCHOOLSOUT | 10 | 40-Across hit single with the lyrics "Well, we got no class / And we got no principals" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TEXASHOLDEM | 11 | Beyoncé No. 1 hit single from her 2024 album "Act II: Cowboy Carter" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | AMERICANKIDS | 12 | Lead single from 32-Across, which hit #2 on the country chart: 2 wds. |
| 45% | QUEENSPACE | 10 | Hit single from 46-Across by Ari Lennox featuring Summer Walker (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MAKEMEFEEL | 10 | Single from 32-Across with the lyric "It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender" (3 wds.) |
| 44% | POETICJUSTICE | 13 | Hit single from "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" featuring Drake: 2 wds. |
| 44% | IMEIGHTEEN | 10 | 40-Across hit single with the lyrics "I've got a / Baby's brain and an old man's heart" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | WITHYOU | 7 | Hit single by 49-Across on 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LOVEYOURSELF | 12 | #1 single from 17-Across's "Purpose": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JIVETALKIN | 10 | 1975 #1 hit with the lyrics "Nobody believes what you say": 2 wds. |
| 43% | CALLME | 6 | Blondie #1 hit with the lyric "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any way": 2 wds. |
| 43% | TREATMYSELF | 11 | Hit single by 9-Down with the lyric "I'll fight for me, and honestly I deserve some credit" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | NEEDEDME | 8 | Hit single from 32-Down's 2016 album "Anti" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | THEWOMANINME | 12 | 2023 memoir by 31-Across whose title comes from the lyrics of one of her hit songs (4 wds.) |
| 41% | NIGHTFEVER | 10 | 1978 #1 hit with the lyrics "Here I am, praying for this moment to last": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SLUMBERPARTY | 12 | Hit single by Britney Spears (birthday today) from her ninth album, "Glory," featuring Tinashe: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IKISSEDAGIRL | 12 | Katy Perry hit single with the lyric "Just wanna try you on" (4 wds.) |
| 41% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Katy Perry hit single with the lyrics "We can dance until we die / You and I, we'll be young forever" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Katy Perry hit single with the lyric "We can dance until we die / You and I, we'll be young forever" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HIGHERGROUND | 12 | 1973 hit single for 45-Across from the album "Innervisions" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BREAKMYSOUL | 11 | Beyoncé No. 1 hit single from her 2022 album "Renaissance" (3 wds.) |