| 100% | ISTHISLOVE | 10 | 1978 Bob Marley hit whose title words are sung four times before "... that I'm feelin'" |
| 34% | NOEL | 4 | Word sung four times before "Born is the King of Israel" |
| 33% | ICRIED | 6 | 1954 Patti Page hit, whose title is sung three times before "Please, don't go" |
| 33% | SLOWRIDE | 8 | 1976 hit whose title is sung just before the line "Take it easy" |
| 33% | HOLDME | 6 | 1982 Fleetwood Mac hit whose title is sung three times after "Come on and" |
| 31% | SUSIEQ | 6 | 1968 hit whose title is repeated three times with "Oh" and then again after "Baby I love you" |
| 28% | MYSHARONA | 9 | 1979 #1 hit whose title is sung with a stutter |
| 28% | ERESTU | 6 | 1974 hit whose title is sung twice after "Como una promesa" |
| 28% | LWAYSTOLEAVEYOURLOVER | 21 | 1976 #1 hit whose title follows the words "There must be ..." |
| 28% | SHOOP | 5 | 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit whose title is a nonsense word |
| 28% | MERRILY | 7 | "Row, row, row your boat" word sung four times before "Life is but a dream" |
| 28% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 27% | BYE | 3 | Title word sung 52 times in a 2000 hit by 'N Sync |
| 27% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 26% | STIRITUP | 8 | Classic Bob Marley song that was a 1973 hit for Johnny Nash |
| 26% | PLEASEMRPLEASE | 14 | 1975 Olivia Newton-John hit whose title's first and last words are the same: 3 wds. |
| 25% | MERRILY | 7 | Word repeated four times before "Life is but a dream," in "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" |
| 25% | MAD | 3 | Word that appears four times in a 1963 film title |
| 25% | TEQUILA | 7 | 1958 #1 hit whose only lyric is its title word |
| 25% | ROOT | 4 | Word sung three times before "for the home team" in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |
| 25% | HEINE | 5 | Poet whose last words were "Of course [God] will forgive me; that's his business" |
| 25% | WHAM | 4 | Duo whose first US hit was "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" |
| 25% | MAD | 3 | Word that appears four times in a 1963 comedy film title |
| 24% | MYSHARONA | 9 | 1979 hit whose title is stuttered |
| 24% | SNAKESONAPLANE | 14 | Cult classic whose title is depicted four times in this puzzle |
| 24% | 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 |
| 23% | ERESTU | 6 | 1974 top 10 hit whose title means "You Are" |
| 23% | RANG | 4 | The bell ___ four times before it was all over. |
| 23% | OYE | 3 | Gloria Estefan hit whose title is Spanish for "Listen!" |
| 23% | AMIBLUE | 7 | 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |