| 100% | ESCAPE | 6 | Actual title of the 1979 #1 hit known as "The Piña Colada Song" |
| 51% | ESCAPE | 6 | Actual title of "The Piña Colada Song" |
| 42% | LONELYBOY | 9 | Hit song by Paul Anka which was also used as the title of the documentary made on him: 2 wds. |
| 42% | TULSA | 5 | "___ Time," hit song by country artist Don Williams which is dedicated to the city historically known as the "Oil Capital of the World" |
| 41% | ELLA | 4 | Fitzgerald known as the First Lady of Song |
| 41% | ELLA | 4 | Fitzgerald known as the "First Lady of Song" |
| 40% | ELLAFITZGERALD | 14 | Music legend known as the First Lady of Song |
| 39% | SHALALA | 7 | Song syllables in the title of a 1964 hit |
| 39% | AMII | 4 | ___ Stewart, singer of the 1979 #1 hit "Knock on Wood" |
| 39% | PINA | 4 | "Escape (The ___ Colada Song)" (hit song of 1979) |
| 38% | MONROE | 6 | Bill ___, country singer known as the "Father of Bluegrass" with the hit "Kentucky Waltz" |
| 38% | STYX | 4 | Group with the 1979 #1 hit song "Babe" |
| 38% | ARA | 3 | 11 seasons known as the "Era of ___" in which Notre Dame won two national titles |
| 38% | EVITA | 5 | 1979 Broadway hit with the song "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" |
| 37% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song that Billboard listed as the biggest hit of 2004 |
| 37% | HAVANA | 6 | Hit song by Camila Cabello that shares its title with the capital of Cuba |
| 37% | ONE | 3 | Number that's the title of hit songs by Metallica and U2 |
| 37% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a 1979 #1 hit song |
| 37% | BEAUTIFUL | 9 | Current Broadway musical about Carole King's life (and the title of one of her hit songs) |
| 37% | END | 3 | "Its the ___ of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (R.E.M. song) |
| 36% | RODSTEWART | 10 | Singer of the 1971 #1 hit song "Maggie Mae" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 36% | BRYANADAMS | 10 | Canadian singer known for the hit songs "Summer of '69" and "Heaven" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | GOTYE | 5 | Singer of the 2012 #1 hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" |
| 36% | ISAACHAYES | 10 | Singer of the 1971 #1 hit song "Theme from Shaft" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THEOSMONDS | 10 | Singers of the 1971 #1 hit song "One Bad Apple" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CAROLEKING | 10 | Singer of the 1971 #1 hit song "It's Too Late" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | INDIANPIPE | 10 | Perennial of the genus Monotropa also known as the ghost plant |
| 36% | CARDOON | 7 | Plant of the sunflower family also known as the artichoke thistle |
| 36% | POACHER | 7 | Fish of the family Agonidae also known as the alligator fish |