| 100% | ICRIED | 6 | 1954 Patti Page hit, whose title is sung three times before "Please, don't go" |
| 50% | HOLDME | 6 | 1982 Fleetwood Mac hit whose title is sung three times after "Come on and" |
| 41% | SLOWRIDE | 8 | 1976 hit whose title is sung just before the line "Take it easy" |
| 39% | SUSIEQ | 6 | 1968 hit whose title is repeated three times with "Oh" and then again after "Baby I love you" |
| 38% | ISTHISLOVE | 10 | 1978 Bob Marley hit whose title words are sung four times before "... that I'm feelin'" |
| 36% | MYSHARONA | 9 | 1979 #1 hit whose title is sung with a stutter |
| 36% | ERESTU | 6 | 1974 hit whose title is sung twice after "Como una promesa" |
| 33% | ICRIED | 6 | 1954 Patti Page hit that begins "It was winter when you told me you were leaving" |
| 33% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 31% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 31% | ICRIED | 6 | 1954 Patti Page hit |
| 30% | ICRIED | 6 | Teary 1954 Patti Page hit |
| 30% | ICRIED | 6 | Sorrowful 1954 Patti Page hit |
| 30% | ICRIED | 6 | Weepy 1954 Patti Page hit |
| 30% | BOYS | 4 | Lizzo title lyric repeated three times before "Make a girl go crazy" |
| 30% | MYSHARONA | 9 | 1979 hit whose title is stuttered |
| 29% | ROW | 3 | Word sung three times before "your boat" |
| 29% | KCANDTHE | 8 | With 40-Across, group whose "Please Don't Go" was the first "Billboard" #1 hit of the 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 28% | OYE | 3 | Gloria Estefan hit whose title is Spanish for "Listen!" |
| 28% | AMIBLUE | 7 | 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| 28% | LOLA | 4 | Kinks hit whose title is a woman's name |
| 28% | PEACHES | 7 | 2021 #1 hit whose title is fruit from Georgia |
| 28% | FERNANDO | 8 | 1976 ABBA hit whose title is a Spanish name |
| 28% | HEYMA | 5 | 2002 Cam’ron hit whose title is a greeting |
| 28% | PORTLAND | 8 | 2017 Drake hit whose title is a city in Oregon |
| 28% | PARIS | 5 | 2017 Chainsmokers hit whose title is a city in France |
| 28% | LOCATION | 8 | 2016 Khalid hit whose title is this puzzle's theme |
| 28% | WHOSCRYINGNOW | 13 | 1981 Journey hit whose title is a question: 3 wds. |
| 28% | HOWYOULIKETHAT | 14 | 2020 Blackpink hit whose title is a question: 4 wds. |
| 28% | NEWRULES | 8 | Dua Lipa hit whose title instructions are “Don’t pick up the phone,” “Don’t let him in,” and “Don’t be his friend” |