| 100% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 #1 hit whose title is spelled out in the lyric |
| 88% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 75% | YMCA | 4 | Village People song whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 64% | GLORIA | 6 | Van Morrison song whose title is spelled out in the chorus |
| 56% | HOTTOGO | 7 | Chappell Roan song whose title is spelled out before the lyric "Snap and clap and touch your toes" |
| 50% | BABY | 4 | Justin Bieber hit whose title appears 56 times in the lyrics |
| 50% | YMCA | 4 | Village People hit whose title is often spelled out with arm movements |
| 49% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 49% | WAP | 3 | 2020 No. 1 hit whose title acronym is compared to “macaroni in a pot” |
| 48% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 47% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 46% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 45% | HOWTOLOVE | 9 | Lil Wayne hit whose title completes the lyric "Never really had luck, couldn't never figure out ..." |
| 45% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | Singer who spells out the title of her 1967 hit "Respect": 2 wds. |
| 45% | LWAYSTOLEAVEYOURLOVER | 21 | 1976 #1 hit whose title follows the words "There must be ..." |
| 45% | LETITBE | 7 | 1970 #1 hit whose title follows the lyric "Speaking words of wisdom ..." |
| 45% | YMCA | 4 | 1970s song whose title is spelled out with arm movements |
| 44% | BADGUY | 6 | Hit song by the 1-Across winner whose name is spelled out by the final three letters of 21-, 25-, 47- and 52-Across |
| 44% | TEQUILA | 7 | 1958 #1 hit whose only lyric is its title word |
| 42% | 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” |
| 42% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song whose title is said eighty times in its lyrics |
| 42% | YMCA | 4 | Village People hit whose letters are spelled out |
| 41% | UCANTTOUCHTHIS | 14 | 1990 MC Hammer hit whose title is a hint to solving the meta |
| 41% | RESPECT | 7 | Word spelled out in an Aretha Franklin 1967 hit song |
| 40% | GOODASHELL | 10 | Lizzo hit whose title answers the lyric “Baby, how you feelin’?” |
| 40% | OSCARMAYER | 10 | Food company whose name is spelled out in its advertising jingle |
| 40% | PEACHES | 7 | 2021 #1 hit whose title is fruit from Georgia |
| 40% | RESPECT | 7 | Song title spelled out in its lyrics |
| 40% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit whose title boat is “rollin’ on the river” |
| 40% | PORTLAND | 8 | 2017 Drake hit whose title is a city in Oregon |