| 100% | YESIMREADY | 10 | 1965 Barbara Mason song (covered by Jeffrey Osborne in 2005) whose title starts with an "answer": 3 wds. |
| 45% | MAYBEIMAMAZED | 13 | 1970 Paul McCartney song whose title starts with an "answer": 3 wds. |
| 40% | NOSURPRISE | 10 | 2009 Daughtry song whose title starts with an "answer": 2 wds. |
| 33% | GIRLSWANTGIRLS | 14 | 2021 Drake song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 32% | SORRYNOTSORRY | 13 | 2017 Demi Lovato song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 30% | NEVERSAYNEVER | 13 | 2021 Cole Swindell/Lainey Wilson song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 30% | LAYDOWNSALLY | 12 | 1977 Eric Clapton song whose title is followed by "and rest you in my arms": 3 wds. |
| 27% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | Artist on "Songland" whose "Glory," with Common, won an Oscar for Best Song in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 26% | IMABELIEVER | 11 | Neil Diamond song covered by Smash Mouth in the Mike Myers movie "Shrek" (3 wds.) |
| 26% | IMABELIEVER | 11 | Neil Diamond song covered by Smash Mouth in the Mike Myers film "Shrek" (3 wds.) |
| 26% | ISON | 4 | "Time ____ My Side," song covered by The Rolling Stones in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ICANTSTANDIT | 12 | 1981 Eric Clapton song whose title is followed by "You're fooling around with my heart": 4 wds. |
| 25% | IMA | 3 | "___ Believer," song covered by Smash Mouth that was featured in the "Shrek" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ILOVELUCY | 9 | 1950s sitcom whose title character sells Vitameatavegamin in one episode: 3 wds. |
| 24% | HELP | 4 | 1965 movie with an exclamation point in its title |
| 24% | ILIKEYOU | 8 | 2022 Post Malone and Doja Cat hit whose title ends with "(A Happier Song)": 3 wds. |
| 24% | OUTTOLUNCH | 10 | 1964 jazz album by Eric Dolphy with an album cover designed by Reid Miles: 3 wds. |
| 24% | OOHLALA | 7 | Song by Britney Spears in "Smurfs 2" which can also be used an exclamation: 3 wds. |
| 24% | ALLTHESTARS | 11 | 2018 Kendrick Lamar/SZA hit whose title includes things in the sky: 3 wds. |
| 24% | GOODSHIP | 8 | With 44-Across, boat in a song by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 24% | 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 |
| 24% | THEHEARTWANTS | 13 | With 42-Across, Selena Gomez song whose title is also a Woody Allen quote: 3 wds. |
| 24% | IAMSAM | 6 | 2001 Sean Penn film whose title was inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham": 3 wds. |
| 24% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of the novels whose titles are the starts of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 24% | WHISKEYRIVER | 12 | Johnny Bush song covered by Willie Nelson with the lyric "Feeling the amber current flowing from my mind" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky," song by the Alan Parsons Project with a rhyming title |
| 24% | IDO | 3 | Wedding phrase repeated five times in an ABBA song title: 2 wds. |
| 24% | IDO | 3 | Wedding vow repeated five times in an ABBA song title (2 wds.) |
| 24% | TRUMPETS | 8 | 2013 song by Jason Derulo with a brass instrument in its title |
| 23% | MIDNIGHTRIDER | 13 | The Allman Brothers song covered by Willie Nelson with the lyric "And I've got one more silver dollar" (2 wds.) |