| 100% | WAR | 3 | 1970 #1 hit with the line "What is it good for?" |
| 79% | WAR | 3 | 1970 #1 hit with the lyric "huh, yeah, What is it good for?" |
| 55% | YEN | 3 | What a "Y" with a pair of horizontal lines through it is the symbol for |
| 52% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner with the line "If I'm doing a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit" |
| 51% | BALLOFCONFUSION | 15 | 1970 Temptations hit with the subtitle "That's What the World Is Today" |
| 50% | EATIT | 5 | "Weird Al" Yankovic hit with the line, "You better chow down or it's gonna get cold" |
| 50% | WAR | 3 | What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! |
| 50% | ABC | 3 | 1970 Jackson 5 hit with the line "Easy as 1, 2, 3" |
| 49% | YOUNGGIRL | 9 | 1968 #2 hit with the lyric "My love for you is way out of line" |
| 47% | ANGIE | 5 | Rolling Stones #1 hit with the line "You're beautiful, but ain't it time we said goodbye?" |
| 46% | DRAKE | 5 | Rapper with the 2018 #1 hit "Nice for What" |
| 45% | NIGHTFEVER | 10 | 1978 #1 hit with the lyrics "Here I am, praying for this moment to last": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MANEATER | 8 | 1982 No. 1 hit with the line “Watch out, boy, she’ll chew you up” |
| 45% | LET | 3 | "___ It Be" (#1 hit for the Beatles) |
| 44% | BREAD | 5 | Band with the 1970 #1 hit "Make It with You" |
| 44% | DREAMS | 6 | Fleetwood Mac hit with the line "Thunder only happens when it's raining" |
| 44% | ONEBASE | 7 | What a walk in the ballpark will get you / (next line) It's spelled out in an Aretha Franklin hit |
| 44% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, former member of the duo with Ike who is known for her solo hits like "What's Love Got To Do with It" and "Private Dancer" |
| 44% | UPTOWNFUNK | 10 | 2015 No. 1 hit with the repeated line “Don’t believe me, just watch” |
| 44% | UPTOWNGIRL | 10 | 1983 hit with the line "She's been living in her white bread world" |
| 43% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA hit with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 43% | WAR | 3 | Edwin Starr asked, "What is it good for?" |
| 43% | WAR | 3 | Edwin Starr asked "What is it good for?" |
| 43% | ABC | 3 | 1970 #1 hit with the lyric "Easy as ..." |
| 43% | TIMBER | 6 | Pitbull/Ke$ha hit with the line "The bigger they are, the harder they fall" |
| 43% | FASTCAR | 7 | Tracy Chapman hit with the line "I had a feeling I could be someone" (1988) |
| 43% | JUMPINJACKFLASH | 15 | 1968 hit with the line "I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag" |
| 43% | HOTSTUFF | 8 | 1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are |
| 42% | ILLBETHERE | 10 | 1970 #1 hit with the lyric "Just call my name" |
| 42% | STARR | 5 | Edwin with the 1970 No. 1 hit “War” |