| 100% | TEQUILA | 7 | 1958 #1 hit whose only lyric is its title word |
| 48% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 #1 hit whose title is spelled out in the lyric |
| 47% | LWAYSTOLEAVEYOURLOVER | 21 | 1976 #1 hit whose title follows the words "There must be ..." |
| 47% | LETITBE | 7 | 1970 #1 hit whose title follows the lyric "Speaking words of wisdom ..." |
| 45% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 43% | WAP | 3 | 2020 No. 1 hit whose title acronym is compared to “macaroni in a pot” |
| 43% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 42% | SHOOP | 5 | 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit whose title is a nonsense word |
| 41% | SLOWRIDE | 8 | 1976 hit whose title is sung just before the line "Take it easy" |
| 41% | NSYNC | 5 | Boy band whose only #1 hit is "It's Gonna Be Me": 2 wds. |
| 41% | RAPGOD | 6 | 2013 Eminem hit whose lyrics have a record-setting 1,560 words: 2 wds. |
| 40% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song whose title is said eighty times in its lyrics |
| 40% | PEACHES | 7 | 2021 #1 hit whose title is fruit from Georgia |
| 40% | ISTHISLOVE | 10 | 1978 Bob Marley hit whose title words are sung four times before "... that I'm feelin'" |
| 39% | MYSHARONA | 9 | 1979 #1 hit whose title is sung with a stutter |
| 39% | PLEASEMRPLEASE | 14 | 1975 Olivia Newton-John hit whose title's first and last words are the same: 3 wds. |
| 39% | ERESTU | 6 | 1974 hit whose title translates to "It Is You" |
| 39% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 38% | STYX | 4 | Rock band whose only #1 hit was 1979's "Babe" |
| 38% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 #1 hit whose lyrics begin "What you want / Baby, I got it" |
| 38% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose only US #1 hit is 1976's "Dancing Queen" |
| 37% | JOYTOTHEWORLD | 13 | 15-Across's 1971 #1 hit whose lyrics begin "Jeremiah was a bullfrog": 4 wds. |
| 37% | LET | 3 | Word before "It Go" and "It Be," in hit song titles |
| 36% | BROMANTICCOMEDY | 15 | Modern-day genre for the 1952 film whose title is suggested by a word ladder starting at 1-Across |
| 36% | MYSHARONA | 9 | 1979 hit whose title is stuttered |
| 35% | BECK | 4 | Singer whose only top 40 hit was "Loser" |
| 35% | OYE | 3 | Gloria Estefan hit whose title is Spanish for "Listen!" |
| 35% | AMIBLUE | 7 | 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| 35% | LOLA | 4 | Kinks hit whose title is a woman's name |
| 35% | FERNANDO | 8 | 1976 ABBA hit whose title is a Spanish name |