| 100% | CATSCRATCHFEVER | 15 | 1977 hard-rock hit by Ted Nugent |
| 44% | MOTORHEAD | 9 | Hard Rock band led by Lemmy |
| 43% | CATSCRATCHFEVER | 15 | 1977 Ted Nugent song |
| 43% | WALKTHISWAY | 11 | 1977 Top 10 hit by Aerosmith |
| 42% | ACDC | 4 | Hard rock band formed by Malcolm and Angus Young |
| 42% | DOYA | 4 | 1977 hit by 55-Down |
| 42% | WHATSYOUR | 9 | "___ Name," 1977 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that is the opening track on their album "Street Survivors": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MASSIVE | 7 | Australian hard rock band fronted by Brad Marr |
| 41% | GAGA | 4 | "Radio ___," hit by rock band Queen: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BIRD | 4 | "Free ___," classic hit by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 40% | BONJOVI | 7 | First hard rock band to score a #1 country hit |
| 40% | VELVET | 6 | ___ Revolver, hard rock supergroup co-founded by Slash in 2002 |
| 40% | SWEET | 5 | "___ Child o' Mine," hit by rock band Guns n Roses |
| 40% | STORM | 5 | "Riders on the ___," classic hit by the rock band Doors |
| 40% | SWING | 5 | "Sultans of ___," classic hit by the rock band Dire Straits |
| 40% | HEAVEN | 6 | "Stairway to ___," classic hit by the rock band Led Zeppelin |
| 40% | BABA | 4 | "___ O' Riley," classic hit by the rock band The Who |
| 40% | SON | 3 | "Carry on Wayward ___," classic hit by the rock band Kansas |
| 40% | SENSATION | 9 | Hit 1988 song by rock band INXS, New __ |
| 40% | YAKETYYAK | 9 | Hit rock-and-roll song by The Coasters |
| 39% | SLAPSHOTS | 9 | Hard hits supposedly invented by Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion |
| 39% | COLD | 4 | "___ as Ice," 1977 hit song by Foreigner |
| 38% | ACDC | 4 | Hard rock band famous for hits like "Back in Black" and "Highway to Hell" |
| 38% | TEXAS | 5 | State hardest hit by Hurricane Harvey |
| 37% | RIO | 3 | City hard hit by the Zika virus |
| 37% | ANNIE | 5 | Hit 1977 musical with the song "It's the Hard-Knock Life" |
| 36% | USE | 3 | "___ Somebody," number-one hit song by rock group Kings of Leon |
| 36% | AJA | 3 | 1977 double-platinum album by the jazz rock band "Steely Dan" |
| 36% | SEXPISTOLS | 10 | Group with a 1977 hit banned by the BBC, with "the" |
| 35% | ATARI | 5 | Company that was hit hard by the video-game crash of 1983 |