| 100% | SPOONMAN | 8 | 1994 Soundgarden hit whose first line is "Feel the rhythm with your hands" |
| 39% | TOTO | 4 | Band whose first hit was 1978's "Hold the Line" |
| 39% | TCM | 3 | Channel whose first broadcast, in 1994, was “Gone with the Wind” |
| 38% | THEBEATLES | 10 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" group who in 1964 became the first ever to be simultaneously #1 and #2 with their first two hits: 2 wds. |
| 36% | FASTCAR | 7 | Tracy Chapman hit with the line "I had a feeling I could be someone" (1988) |
| 36% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 35% | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | 13 | 1994 TLC album with the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls" whose title is a mash-up of three adjectives |
| 35% | KCANDTHE | 8 | With 40-Across, group whose "Please Don't Go" was the first "Billboard" #1 hit of the 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 34% | BECK | 4 | Singer whose first hit was 1994's "Loser" |
| 33% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first hit in the US was "Waterloo" |
| 33% | SIA | 3 | Australian whose first big hit in the US was "Chandelier" |
| 33% | GENIE | 5 | "Aladdin" character whose first line is "Oy! 10,000 years will give you such a crick in the neck!" |
| 32% | RAP | 3 | Music genre whose first mainstream hit was by the Sugarhill Gang |
| 32% | DESREE | 6 | Singer with the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be" |
| 32% | SLOWRIDE | 8 | 1976 hit whose title is sung just before the line "Take it easy" |
| 31% | TNT | 3 | Cable channel whose first showing was "Gone With the Wind" |
| 31% | TNT | 3 | Cable channel whose first broadcast was "Gone With the Wind" |
| 31% | WAR | 3 | 1970 #1 hit with the line "What is it good for?" |
| 31% | EMOTIONALRESCUE | 15 | Rolling Stones hit with the lyric “I’ll be your savior” |
| 31% | MOTLEYCRUE | 10 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Smokin' in the Boys Room" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | GETUPSTANDUP | 12 | Bob Marley tune with the line "Life is your right": 4 wds. |
| 30% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA hit with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 30% | ALWAYSBEMYBABY | 14 | Mariah Carey hit with the line "Our love will never end, no" |
| 30% | CARLPERKINS | 11 | Singer known as "The King of Rockabilly" whose first hit singles were with Sun Records (2 wds.) |
| 30% | PLEASEMRPLEASE | 14 | 1975 Olivia Newton-John hit whose title's first and last words are the same: 3 wds. |
| 30% | JUMPINJACKFLASH | 15 | 1968 hit with the line "I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag" |
| 30% | HEYYA | 5 | OutKast hit with the lyric "Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor!" |
| 30% | MOBY | 4 | "___-Dick" (novel whose first line is "Call me Ishmael") |
| 30% | WENDT | 5 | 275-episode sitcom star whose first line was ''Beer!'' |
| 30% | WOODY | 5 | ___ Guthrie, pioneer in country-folk music with the hit "This Land is Your Land" |