| 100% | SUSIEQ | 6 | 1968 hit whose title is repeated three times with "Oh" and then again after "Baby I love you" |
| 41% | HOLDME | 6 | 1982 Fleetwood Mac hit whose title is sung three times after "Come on and" |
| 33% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 32% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Song whose title is repeated before and after "gentille" in its first line |
| 30% | OURSONG | 7 | Taylor Swift hit whose title is described as "a slamming screen door" and "the way you laugh," among other things |
| 30% | ISTHISLOVE | 10 | 1978 Bob Marley hit whose title words are sung four times before "... that I'm feelin'" |
| 30% | ICRIED | 6 | 1954 Patti Page hit, whose title is sung three times before "Please, don't go" |
| 29% | THEREIS | 7 | 1968 hit by the Dells whose title precedes "the time," "the place," "the girl" and "the face" |
| 28% | YOUNGGIRL | 9 | 1968 #2 hit with the lyric "My love for you is way out of line" |
| 28% | IGETIDEAS | 9 | 1950s title lyric after "When we are dancing and you're dangerously near me ..." |
| 28% | MYSHARONA | 9 | 1979 #1 hit whose title is sung with a stutter |
| 27% | ERESTU | 6 | 1974 hit whose title is sung twice after "Como una promesa" |
| 27% | IMAMAN | 6 | 1967 hit with the repeated lyric "Yes I am / And I can't help / But love you so" |
| 27% | IGETIDEAS | 9 | Tony Martin hit with the lyric "When we are dancing and you're dangerously near me" |
| 27% | ERESTU | 6 | 1974 hit whose title translates to "It Is You" |
| 27% | THEDOORS | 8 | Band with the 1968 hit "Hello, I Love You": 2 wds. |
| 26% | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | 13 | 1994 TLC album with the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls" whose title is a mash-up of three adjectives |
| 26% | REED | 4 | Jimmy —, blues singer-songwriter whose hits included Bright Lights, Big City and Baby What You Want Me To Do |
| 26% | ECHO | 4 | "You heard me before, and then again. Afterward, I die until you call me again. What am I?" |
| 26% | USGO | 4 | “Let ___ then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky”: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
| 26% | KEEPTHEFAITH | 12 | 1992 Bon Jovi album whose three Top 40 hits were the title track, "Bed of Roses," and "In These Arms" (3 wds.) |
| 25% | NEWYEARS | 8 | With 15-Across, 1983 U2 song with the repeated lyric "I will be with you again" |
| 25% | WET | 3 | Time after you and I get water |
| 25% | MONTERO | 7 | 2021 Lil Nas X hit whose title ends with "(Call Me by Your Name)" |
| 25% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 25% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 25% | 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 |
| 25% | LALA | 4 | "___ Means I Love You" (1968 Delfonics hit) |
| 25% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 25% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Taylor Swift hit with the lyric "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |