| 100% | CANIKICKIT | 10 | A Tribe Called Quest song with the line “Mr. Dinkins, would you please be my mayor?” |
| 40% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 40% | GETIT | 5 | "Can I ___" (Adele song with the line "All I want is for you to be mine") |
| 40% | HELLO | 5 | 48-Down song with the line "But when I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 38% | AMADEUS | 7 | Movie with the line "I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you, my music is not" |
| 38% | COBB | 4 | What would you call a salad with the ingredients lined up in rows? |
| 37% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |
| 36% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 35% | CANIKICKIT | 10 | A Tribe Called Quest single whose title question is repeatedly answered in the affirmative |
| 35% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 35% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 34% | ISIS | 4 | Dylan song with the line "What drives me to you is what drives me insane" |
| 34% | ONLYPRETTIER | 12 | Miranda Lambert song with the lyrics "We might think a little differently / But we got a lot in common, you will see / We're just like you" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | TAKEN | 5 | 2008 movie with the line "I will find you, and I will kill you" |
| 33% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 33% | ROMEO | 5 | Dolly Parton song with the line "I may not be in love, but let me tell you I'm in heat" |
| 32% | EVERCLEAR | 9 | 90's band with the hit "I Will Buy You a New Life" |
| 32% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyrics "Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B" |
| 32% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyric "Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen bee" |
| 32% | IHATEMEN | 8 | "Kiss Me, Kate" song with the lyric "For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother" |
| 32% | IMALOSER | 8 | Beatles song with the line "My tears are falling like rain from the sky" |
| 32% | IMALOSER | 8 | Beatles song with the line “My tears are falling like rain from the sky” |
| 32% | STP | 3 | Product with the old jingle line "One little can will keep you running free" |
| 32% | TOCELIA | 7 | Song whose second line is "And I will pledge with mine" |
| 32% | THEMAN | 6 | Taylor Swift song with the lyric "Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you" |
| 31% | JUNEINJANUARY | 13 | Dean Martin love song with the lyrics "It always is spring in my heart / With you in my arms" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | STAYWITHME | 10 | 2014 hit with the lyric “I don’t want you to leave, will you hold my hand?” |
| 31% | OLDMAN | 6 | Neil Young hit with the lyrics “Look at my life / I’m a lot like you were” |
| 31% | SHILO | 5 | Neil Diamond song with the lyrics, "When I was young / I used to call your name / When no one else would come" |
| 31% | SHILO | 5 | Neil Diamond song with the lyrics "When I was young / I used to call your name / When no one else would come" |