| 100% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 73% | BLUEBAYOU | 9 | Roy Orbison song that was a #3 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 2 wds. |
| 62% | LEANONME | 8 | Song that was a #1 hit for Bill Withers in 1972 and for Club Nouveau in 1987: 3 wds. |
| 55% | CHARIOTSOFFIRE | 14 | Vangelis instrumental song that was a hit in 1982: 3 wds. |
| 55% | MUSICBOXDANCER | 14 | Frank Mills instrumental song that was a hit in 1979: 3 wds. |
| 55% | WALKONBY | 8 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 3 wds. |
| 52% | FREEWAYOFLOVE | 13 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Aretha Franklin (3 wds.) |
| 51% | SHOOTTOTHRILL | 13 | AC/DC song that was a signature theme for Iron Man in "The Avengers": 3 wds. |
| 50% | EBONYANDIVORY | 13 | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (3 wds.) |
| 50% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 49% | TOOMANYRIVERS | 13 | Song by 17-Across covered by 40-Across that was a hit for Brenda Lee in the 1960s (3 wds.) |
| 49% | THUNDERROAD | 11 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Bruce Springsteen (2 wds.) |
| 49% | BAKERSTREET | 11 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Gerry Rafferty (2 wds.) |
| 49% | EBB | 3 | With 15-Across, 1953 song that was a hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965 |
| 49% | DONTYOUWANTME | 13 | The Human League song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 48% | THEENTERTAINER | 14 | Scott Joplin instrumental song that was a hit in 1974: 2 wds. |
| 48% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | Survivor song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 47% | REACHOUTFORME | 13 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 4 wds. |
| 47% | IFEELFORYOU | 11 | Grammy-winning song written by Prince that was a #1 hit for Chaka Khan in 1984 (4 wds.) |
| 45% | ONEMORENIGHT | 12 | 2012 hit for Maroon 5 that was #1 for nine weeks: 3 wds. |
| 45% | STARWARSTHEME | 13 | Meco instrumental song that hit #1 in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 45% | OOOBABYBABY | 11 | 1965 hit by 32-Across and 42-Across that was a 1979 hit for Linda Ronstadt (3 wds.) |
| 44% | COTTONEYEDJOE | 13 | Traditional American folk song that was the inspiration for a 1994 hit by Swedish band Rednex: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 43% | TOMDOOLEY | 9 | Folk song that was a #1 hit for the Kingston Trio |
| 43% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | 1965 #1 hit for the Byrds that had the subtitle "To Everything There Is a Season": 3 wds. |
| 43% | THESEVENAGES | 12 | Collection by 36-Across that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2002 (3 wds.) |
| 43% | AINTITFUN | 9 | Hit single by Paramore that won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2015 (3 wds.) |
| 42% | IKOIKO | 6 | Mardi Gras song that was a 1965 hit for the Dixie Cups |
| 42% | NOW | 3 | "Both Sides, ___" (Joni Mitchell song that was a hit for Judy Collins) |
| 42% | BLOWININTHEWIND | 15 | Bob Dylan song that was a #2 hit for Peter, Paul & Mary |