| 100% | ISNTSHELOVELY | 13 | 1976 hit song that 38-Across wrote to celebrate the birth of his daughter (3 wds.) |
| 36% | BEENLIKETHIS | 12 | 30-Across and T-Pain hit song with the lyric "That type of boom-boom, that bass" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | MONEYMONEYMONEY | 15 | 1976 Abba song ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 35% | BOTHSIDESNOW | 12 | 12-Down hit song that begins with the lyrics "Rows and flows of angel hair / And ice cream castles in the air" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | LIFEGOESON | 10 | 2020 BTS song that hit #1 in the US: 3 wds. |
| 35% | TOOMUCHHEAVEN | 13 | Song that was the first of three #1 singles by 42-Across in 1979 (3 wds.) |
| 34% | KNOWYOURENEMY | 13 | 2009 Green Day song that hit #1 on the alternative charts: 3 wds. |
| 34% | OHMYGOD | 7 | 2021 song that became Adele's eighth top 10 hit on the Hot 100: 3 wds. |
| 34% | HELLO | 5 | Hit song by Adele that won 3 Grammy awards including Record of the Year in 2017 |
| 34% | DONTSTOP | 8 | With 47-Across, Journey song that was the soundtrack to the final scene of 27-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HEARTOFGOLD | 11 | Song on 40-Across's 1972 album "Harvest" that was his only #1 hit (3 wds.) |
| 33% | CAROLEKING | 10 | Frequent collaborator of 42-Across who wrote the song "You've Got a Friend" as a response to 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | READYORNOT | 10 | Fugees song by 16-Across, 27-Across, and 38-Across named one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | MOVEONUP | 8 | Curtis Mayfield hit song that was used on the "Bend It Like Beckham" soundtrack (3 wds.) |
| 32% | OLDTOWNROAD | 11 | 2019 Lil Nas X song that topped the charts for 19 weeks, the longest of the 2010s: 3 wds. |
| 32% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | 2012 Alicia Keys song that shares its name with the nickname of Katniss in "The Hunger Games": 3 wds. |
| 32% | BREATHYOUTAKE | 13 | "Every ___," a massive hit song considered to be both his band as well as Sting's signature song: 3 wds. |
| 32% | INMYFEELINGS | 12 | Drake song that replaced his own "Nice for What" at #1 on the charts on July 21, 2018: 3 wds. |
| 32% | HAWAII | 6 | "Blue ___," hit song that was used in Elvis Presley's titular movie which has the name of Barack Obama's birth state in its title |
| 32% | IGOTTAFEELING | 13 | 2009 Black Eyed Peas song that topped the charts for 14 weeks, tied for the longest of the 2000s: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ONESWEETDAY | 11 | 1995 Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men song that topped the charts for 16 weeks, the longest of the 1990s: 3 wds. |
| 31% | SWEETHOME | 9 | "___ Alabama," 1974 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that inspired the title of a rom-com starring Reese Witherspoon: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WEAREYOUNG | 10 | Fun (featuring Janelle Monáe) song that won the 2012 Song of the Year Grammy (3 wds.) |
| 31% | STAYWITHME | 10 | Sam Smith song that won the 2014 Song of the Year Grammy (3 wds.) |
| 31% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 31% | WHATYOUKNOW | 11 | With 42-Across, 2020 hit song that samples Ginuwine's "Differences": 3 wds. |
| 31% | TOOMANYRIVERS | 13 | Song by 17-Across covered by 40-Across that was a hit for Brenda Lee in the 1960s (3 wds.) |
| 31% | PIECEOFME | 9 | Song by 32-Across that won three MTV Video Music Awards in 2008, including Video of the Year (3 wds.) |
| 31% | FASTCAR | 7 | 1988 Tracy Chapman hit that won Song of the Year at the 2023 Country Music Association Awards (2 wds.) |
| 31% | IFIAINTGOTYOU | 13 | Alicia Keys hit that was No. 3 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004 (5 wds.) |