| 100% | TINYDANCER | 10 | *Elton John song with a lyric often parodied as "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" |
| 55% | TINYDANCER | 10 | Elton John hit with the misheard lyric "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" |
| 54% | TINYDANCER | 10 | Elton John hit with the misheard lyric "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" |
| 41% | TINY | 4 | "Hold me closer, ___ dancer" (Elton John song lyric) |
| 37% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song with the lyric "You may say I'm a dreamer ..." |
| 37% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | 1972 Elton John song with a sharp-toothed title: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John song on "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" whose title ends with a music genre (2 wds.) |
| 33% | AMERICANHONEY | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "Oh, I miss those days as the years go by / Oh, nothin' sweeter than summertime" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ELO | 3 | Band with a song including a repeated lyric commonly misheard as "Bruce" |
| 31% | IMAGINE | 7 | Lennon song with the lyric "You may say I'm a dreamer ..." |
| 31% | HOLD | 4 | "___ Me Closer," song by Elton John and Britney Spears that features elements from his older songs |
| 30% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 30% | LAYLA | 5 | Clapton song with the lyric “Like a fool, I fell in love with you” |
| 30% | NOWHEREMAN | 10 | 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" |
| 30% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyrics "Take me back / To a world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song with the refrain "You may say I'm a dreamer ..." |
| 29% | SACRIFICE | 9 | Elton John song about a "Cold, cold heart" |
| 29% | CATCHMYBREATH | 13 | 2012 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "No one can hold me back": 3 wds. |
| 29% | LAYLA | 5 | Eric Clapton song with the lyric "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 28% | DANIEL | 6 | Elton John song about a man on a plane to Spain |
| 28% | MANANA | 6 | Jimmy Buffett tune with a Spanish name with the closing line "And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs" |
| 28% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times" |
| 28% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I must've called a thousand times" |
| 27% | THEMAN | 6 | Taylor Swift song with the lyric "Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you" |
| 27% | TRUE | 4 | Spandau Ballet song with the lyrics "I bought a ticket to the world / But now I've come back again" |
| 27% | MRKNOWITALL | 11 | 2011 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "Nobody's gonna make a fool out of me": 4 wds. |
| 27% | AIDA | 4 | What Elton John got a Tony for |
| 27% | LOW | 3 | "Too ___ for Zero," 1983 album by Elton John with the hit song "I'm Still Standing" |
| 27% | ASK | 3 | "All I ___" (Adele song with the lyric "Give me a memory I can use") |
| 27% | LAVIEENROSE | 11 | Song with the lyric "When you kiss me heaven sighs" |