| 100% | TEENANGEL | 9 | #1 hit song that asks "Are you somewhere up above?" |
| 46% | HEYJOE | 6 | Jimi Hendrix hit song that asks, "Where you goin' with that gun in your hand?" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TOMDOOLEY | 9 | Folk song that was a 1958 #1 hit |
| 41% | OCEANEYES | 9 | Hit song by 30-Across that begins "I've been watching you / For some time / Can't stop staring" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | TOMDOOLEY | 9 | Folk song that was a #1 hit for the Kingston Trio |
| 41% | OHSANTA | 7 | Mariah Carey holiday song that was a #1 Adult Contemporary hit |
| 40% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | 1973 Elton John song that was his first #1 hit: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LAYLA | 5 | Song that asks "...won't you ease my worried mind" |
| 39% | BREATH | 6 | No. 1 hit song by the Police: "Every __ You Take" |
| 38% | LEANONME | 8 | Song that was a #1 hit for Bill Withers in 1972 and for Club Nouveau in 1987: 3 wds. |
| 38% | GOODLUCKCHARM | 13 | 1962 Elvis hit that was his next-to-last #1 song: 3 wds. |
| 37% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 37% | NOONE | 5 | 2007 #1 song by Alicia Keys that is her biggest hit to date: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SHAKEDOWN | 9 | 1987 Bob Seger song that has been his only #1 hit to date |
| 36% | THUNDERROAD | 11 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Bruce Springsteen (2 wds.) |
| 36% | FREEWAYOFLOVE | 13 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Aretha Franklin (3 wds.) |
| 36% | BAKERSTREET | 11 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Gerry Rafferty (2 wds.) |
| 36% | KILLER | 6 | "___ Queen," hit song by Queen that was written by Freddie Mercury |
| 36% | BOHEMIAN | 8 | "___ Rhapsody," hit song by Queen that was written by Freddie Mercury |
| 36% | STIRITUP | 8 | Classic Bob Marley song that was a 1973 hit for Johnny Nash |
| 36% | IKOIKO | 6 | Mardi Gras song that was a 1965 hit for the Dixie Cups |
| 36% | MAGICMAN | 8 | 1976 Heart song that was their first top 10 hit: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NOW | 3 | "Both Sides, ___" (Joni Mitchell song that was a hit for Judy Collins) |
| 36% | GAME | 4 | "Play the ___," hit song by Queen that was written by Freddie Mercury |
| 36% | LOVE | 4 | "Somebody to ___," hit song by Queen that was written by Freddie Mercury |
| 35% | THEHABIT | 8 | Kick __, give something up that is bad for you |
| 35% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 35% | NEVERLETYOUGO | 13 | 2000 song that was 14-Across's most recent top-40 hit: 4 wds. |
| 35% | DIEYOUNG | 8 | 2012 song that was 33-Across's seventh consecutive Top 10 hit (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ICRIED | 6 | Patti Page song that begins "It was winter when you told me you were leaving" |