| 100% | BERLIN | 6 | Geographically named band with the 1986 hit "Take My Breath Away" |
| 66% | EUROPE | 6 | Geographically named band with the 1986 hit "The Final Countdown" |
| 59% | ALABAMA | 7 | Geographically named band with the 1982 hit "Take Me Down" |
| 53% | CHICAGO | 7 | Geographically named band with the 1984 hit "You're the Inspiration" |
| 53% | KANSAS | 6 | Geographically named band with the 1977 hit "Carry On Wayward Son" |
| 53% | BOSTON | 6 | Geographically named band with the 1976 hit "More Than a Feeling" |
| 43% | THECARS | 7 | Appropriately named band with the 1984 hit "Drive" |
| 43% | SLADE | 5 | Band with the 1984 hit "My Oh My" |
| 42% | REM | 3 | Disbanded band with the hit "Losing My Religion" |
| 42% | REM | 3 | Rock band with the hit "Losing My Religion" |
| 42% | STYX | 4 | Band with the 1981 hit "Too Much Time on My Hands" |
| 41% | LEN | 3 | Canadian band with the 1999 top 10 hit "Steal My Sunshine" |
| 41% | STYX | 4 | Rock band with the hits "Come Sail Away" and "Mr. Roboto" |
| 41% | PEA | 3 | "A seed with three letters in my name. Take away two and I still sound the same. What am I?" |
| 39% | AHA | 3 | Band with the 1985 hit "Take On Me": Hyph. |
| 39% | ABBA | 4 | Band with the 1978 hit "Take a Chance on Me" |
| 38% | ALABAMA | 7 | Country music band with the hit "Mountain Music" who share a name with Montgomery's state |
| 38% | TOOSWEET | 8 | Hozier hit with the line "I take my whiskey neat" |
| 38% | AHA | 3 | Band with the 1985 #1 hit "Take On Me": Hyph. |
| 38% | AHA | 3 | Norwegian band with the hit "Take On Me" |
| 38% | KANSAS | 6 | Rock band with the hit "Carry On Wayward Son" who share a name with Topeka's state |
| 37% | AHA | 3 | Norwegian band with the hit "Take On Me" (Hyph.) |
| 37% | AHA | 3 | 1980s band with the hit "Take On Me": Hyph. |
| 37% | WOW | 3 | "This takes my breath away!" |
| 37% | TAKE | 4 | "___ My Breath Away," song from the movie "Top Gun" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1986 |
| 37% | GRETA | 5 | ___ Van Fleet (rock band with the hit "My Way, Soon") |
| 37% | AHA | 3 | Norwegian band with the 1985 hit "Take on Me": Hyph. |
| 37% | AHA | 3 | Pop band with the 1985 hit "Take on Me": Hyph. |
| 37% | AWE | 3 | "It takes my breath away" feeling |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band with the 1978 hit "Take a Chance on Me" |