| 100% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 92% | IRIS | 4 | Hit song for the Goo Goo Dolls with the repeated line "I just want you to know who I am" |
| 92% | SUSIEQ | 6 | 1968 hit whose title is repeated three times with "Oh" and then again after "Baby I love you" |
| 90% | FUNKYTOWN | 9 | 1980 #1 hit for Lipps Inc., whose singer asks "Won't you take me to" the title place |
| 88% | THEWOMANINME | 12 | Shania Twain album whose title track is subtitled "Needs the Man in You" (4 wds.) |
| 85% | BLUEBERRYHILL | 13 | Fats Domino single whose chorus has the lyrics "You're part of me still / For you were my thrill" (2 wds.) |
| 84% | GLORIA | 6 | Van Morrison song whose title is spelled out in the chorus |
| 84% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 84% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 #1 hit whose title is spelled out in the lyric |
| 83% | ILLBEAROUND | 11 | 1972 hit for the Spinners |
| 83% | BRENDALEE | 9 | Artist whose Christmas song beat "All I Want for Christmas Is You" to No. 1 on the Billboard charts this month |
| 83% | NASA | 4 | Hit song by Ariana Grande from her 2019 album whose title is named after the U.S. space agency |
| 83% | DREAM | 5 | "Whenever I want you, all I have to do" is this, in an Everly Brothers hit |
| 82% | WHEN | 4 | "___ I Look at You," hit song by Miley Cyrus that was featured in the 2010 film "The Last Song" |
| 82% | FRANKABAGNALE | 13 | Con man whose fake identities in the 1960s were depicted in "Catch Me If You Can": 2 wds. |
| 81% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 80% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid |
| 79% | CATHYSCLOWN | 11 | 1960 #1 hit for the Everly Brothers whose B-side is "Always It's You" (2 wds.) |
| 79% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose song "I Still Have Faith in You" was Grammy-nominated for Record of the Year |
| 78% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 78% | CANIKICKIT | 10 | A Tribe Called Quest single whose title question is repeatedly answered in the affirmative |
| 78% | PAPERPLANES | 11 | 2008 M.I.A. hit whose title includes things in the sky: 2 wds. |
| 78% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose songs are heard in the "Mamma Mia!" films |
| 78% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |
| 77% | HEAT | 4 | "And I want you now, wanna need you forever in the ___ of your electric touch" |
| 77% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | Singer whose hit single "Love Me Like You Do" is featured in "& Juliet" (2 wds.) |
| 77% | LILNASX | 7 | Singer whose 2021 hit song "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" is nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year (3 wds.) |
| 77% | IRIS | 4 | Goo Goo Dolls hit with the line "I just want you to know who I am" |
| 76% | IRIS | 4 | Goo Goo Dolls hit whose chorus begins, “And I don’t want the world to see me” |
| 76% | DRWHO | 5 | BBC classic whose title role will be played by a woman for the first time in 2017 |