| 100% | TENDERLY | 8 | 1950s million-selling song that begins "The evening breeze caressed the trees ..." |
| 37% | WAY | 3 | "By the ___," 2002 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers that sold over 8 million copies worldwide |
| 36% | IFIAINTGOTYOU | 13 | 2004 Alicia Keys song that begins "Some people live for the fortune ...": 5 wds. |
| 36% | MYWAY | 5 | Sinatra song that begins, "And now, the end is near": 2 wds. |
| 36% | MYWAY | 5 | Classic song that begins "And now the end is near" |
| 35% | LETEM | 5 | "___ In" (Wings song that begins, "Someone's knockin' at the door") (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LETITSNOW | 9 | When tripled, song that begins, "Oh, the weather outside is frightful" |
| 35% | SPACEAGE | 8 | Era that began in the late 1950s |
| 35% | MYWAY | 5 | Classic Frank Sinatra song that begins, "And now, the end is near" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LOSER | 5 | Beck song that begins "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey" |
| 34% | ERA | 3 | Rock ___ (period of music that began in the 1950s) |
| 34% | LEGOHOUSE | 9 | 51-Across song that begins, "I'm gonna pick up the pieces" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | BENT | 4 | Matchbox Twenty song that begins, "If I fall along the way / Pick me up and dust me off" |
| 33% | ROUNDHERE | 9 | 1994 Counting Crows song that begins, "Step out the front door like a ghost": 2 wds. |
| 33% | FIELDSOFGOLD | 12 | 39-Across song that begins "You'll remember me when the west wind moves" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | ONE | 3 | 1991 U2 hit song that begins, "Is it getting better / Or do you feel the same?" |
| 33% | WEARE | 5 | "___ the World" (1985 song that raised over $60 million for charity): 2 wds. |
| 33% | UPTOWNFUNK | 10 | 2014 Mark Ronson song that sold 20 million digital copies: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SATINS | 6 | The Five ___, 1950s million-selling doo-wop group |
| 32% | SHAPEOFYOU | 10 | 2017 Ed Sheeran song that sold 41.5 million digital copies: 3 wds. |
| 32% | IGOTTAFEELING | 13 | 2009 Black Eyed Peas song that sold 15 million digital copies: 3 wds. |
| 32% | MARIA | 5 | 1957 song that begins "The most beautiful sound I ever heard …" |
| 32% | MARIA | 5 | Broadway song that begins, "The most beautiful sound I ever heard" |
| 32% | VIOLETHILL | 10 | Coldplay hit song that begins, "Was a long and dark December / From the rooftops I remember" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | JUSTAINTEASY | 12 | 1979 song written by Gregg Allman that begins, "You ride on down the same old street" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | SHAPEOFYOU | 10 | 51-Across song that begins, "The club isn't the best place to find a lover / So the bar is where I go" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | LIFEONMARS | 10 | Bowie song that begins with the lyric "It's a God-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair" |
| 30% | BELLYACHE | 9 | Hit song by 30-Across that begins "Sittin' all alone / Mouth full of gum / In the driveway" |
| 30% | TAPS | 4 | Song that begins "Day is done" |
| 29% | MELODYFAIR | 10 | 1969 Bee Gees hit that begins "Who is the girl with the crying face / Looking at millions of signs?" |