| 100% | TOGETHER | 8 | Let's Stay __, 1972 hit covered by Joesef in 2023 |
| 48% | FASTCAR | 7 | Tracy Chapman hit covered by Luke Combs in 2023 |
| 39% | SUSIEQ | 6 | 1957 hit covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968 |
| 38% | OUR | 3 | "___ Day Will Come" (1960s hit covered by Amy Winehouse in 2003) |
| 37% | OUT | 3 | "School's ___," 1972 hit by Alice Cooper that was featured in a Staples commercial |
| 33% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer of the 1972 hit "Let's Stay Together": 2 wds. |
| 33% | SLEEPCYCLE | 10 | Exercise done by hitting the snooze button and staying in bed? |
| 33% | DRHOOK | 6 | Rock's "___ & the Medicine Show", who had a hit with Shel Silverstein's "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" in 1972 |
| 33% | HORSEWITHNONAME | 15 | Desert wanderer's mount in a 1972 hit by America |
| 32% | ILLBEAROUND | 11 | 1972 Top 10 R&B hit by the Spinners that begins, "This is our fork in the road / Love's last episode" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | THISWAY | 7 | Walk __, Aerosmith hit covered by Run-DMC |
| 31% | YOURSONG | 8 | Elton John hit covered by Ellie Goulding |
| 31% | IPUTASPELLONYOU | 15 | R&B hit covered by Nina Simone |
| 31% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1960s hit covered by Salt-N-Pepa |
| 31% | PIECEOFMYHEART | 14 | Erma Franklin hit covered by Janis Joplin |
| 31% | DOG | 3 | "Hound ___," a hit cover by Elvis Presley |
| 30% | AMIE | 4 | Pure Prairie League hit covered by Garth Brooks |
| 30% | LOVETRAIN | 9 | 1972 hit by the O'Jays |
| 30% | NAME | 4 | Horse's lack in a 1972 song by America |
| 29% | YMCA | 4 | Where "it's fun to stay" in a 1978 hit |
| 29% | YMCA | 4 | Where "It's fun to stay," in a disco hit |
| 29% | YMCA | 4 | Where "it's fun to stay" in a 1970s hit |
| 29% | HAZY | 4 | "A ___ Shade of Winter" (Simon & Garfunkel hit covered by The Bangles) |
| 29% | YMCA | 4 | Where "it's fun to stay," in a Village People hit |
| 29% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | 1978 hit by the band represented in this puzzle's circles |
| 29% | ROCKETMAN | 9 | 1972 hit song inspired by a Ray Bradbury story |
| 29% | TEXTME | 6 | Modern-day "Let's stay in touch" |
| 28% | DOYOUWANTTODANCE | 16 | 1958 Bobby Freeman hit covered by the Beach Boys and the Ramones |
| 28% | YMCA | 4 | Where "It's fun to stay," in a Village People disco hit |
| 28% | YMCA | 4 | Where "it's fun to stay," in a Village People hit song |