| 100% | JOE | 3 | ___ Satriani, guitar virtuoso with instrumental hits like "Surfing with the Alien" |
| 36% | KENNYG | 6 | Musician with the 1987 instrumental hit "Songbird" |
| 35% | DURANDURAN | 10 | *Band with the 1983 hit "Hungry Like the Wolf" |
| 35% | ADELE | 5 | Singer with the hits "Hello" and "Somebody Like You" |
| 35% | MILEY | 5 | ___ Cyrus, queer singer with the hit "Angels Like You" |
| 34% | RAE | 3 | Singer Carly ___ Jepsen with the hit "I Really Like You" |
| 34% | BRICE | 5 | Lee with the #1 country hit "A Woman Like You" |
| 34% | WIPEOUT | 7 | Instrumental hit song by the Surfaris with a famous drum solo (2 wds.) |
| 34% | RIO | 3 | Duran Duran album with the hit single "Hungry Like the Wolf" |
| 34% | DNA | 3 | Kendrick Lamar hit with the lyric “I was born like this” |
| 34% | SAM | 3 | Country singer Hunt with the hit "Body Like a Back Road" |
| 34% | MOREMOREMORE | 12 | Disco hit with the repeated lyric "How do you like it?" |
| 33% | HI5 | 3 | R & B group with the 1991 #1 hit "I Like the Way" |
| 33% | HIFIVE | 6 | R&B group with the 1991 #1 hit "I Like the Way" |
| 33% | SAYER | 5 | Leo with the 1977 #1 hit "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" |
| 33% | HEYYA | 5 | 2003 #1 hit with the lyric "Shake it like a Polaroid picture" |
| 33% | ALIEN | 5 | "Surfing With the ___" (Joe Satriani title track) |
| 33% | SORARE | 6 | 1937 hit with the lyric "You're like the fragrance of blossoms fair" |
| 33% | NASA | 4 | Ariana Grande hit with the lyric "It's like I'm the universe" |
| 33% | LOU | 3 | Singer Rawls with the hit “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” |
| 33% | ELLIE | 5 | Singer Goulding with the 2015 8x platinum hit "Love Me Like You Do" |
| 33% | IRON | 4 | ___ Maiden, a hugely popular metal band with hits like "Fear of the Dark" and "Hallowed Be Thy Name" |
| 32% | DEJA | 4 | "___ Vu" (Beyonce hit with the lyric "Seem like everywhere I go, I see you") |
| 32% | SHIRLEYMANSON | 13 | Scottish singer with the 2005 hit (with the band Garbage) "Bleed Like Me": 2 wds. |
| 32% | BLUE | 4 | *___ Oyster Cult, band with hits like "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "Burnin' for You" |
| 32% | LOURAWLS | 8 | Singer with the #1 R&B hit "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" |
| 32% | SARA | 4 | 1986 #1 Starship hit with the lyric "I'll never find another girl like you" |
| 32% | TOXIC | 5 | Britney Spears hit song with the lyric "A guy like you should wear a warning" |
| 32% | COOL | 4 | Jonas Brothers hit song with the lyric "Woke up feelin' like a new James Dean" |