| 100% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 55% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 47% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 43% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 #1 hit whose title is spelled out in the lyric |
| 41% | BABY | 4 | Justin Bieber hit whose title appears 56 times in the lyrics |
| 41% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | GALILEO | 7 | Italian scientist whose name is sung five times in the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 41% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song whose title is said eighty times in its lyrics |
| 38% | YMCA | 4 | Village People song whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 38% | GLORIA | 6 | Van Morrison song whose title is spelled out in the chorus |
| 38% | DRWHO | 5 | BBC classic whose title role will be played by a woman for the first time in 2017 |
| 37% | PORTLAND | 8 | 2017 Drake hit whose title is a city in Oregon |
| 37% | PARIS | 5 | 2017 Chainsmokers hit whose title is a city in France |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose songs are heard in the "Mamma Mia!" films |
| 37% | NEWRULES | 8 | Dua Lipa hit whose title instructions are “Don’t pick up the phone,” “Don’t let him in,” and “Don’t be his friend” |
| 36% | STARMAN | 7 | David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky" |
| 36% | HAVANA | 6 | 2017 Camila Cabello hit whose title is a city in Cuba |
| 36% | MALIBU | 6 | 2017 Miley Cyrus hit whose title is a city in California |
| 36% | MIDNIGHTHOUR | 12 | Time in the title of a 1965 Wilson Pickett hit |
| 36% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson album with songs like "Man in the Mirror," that went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time |
| 36% | SLOWRIDE | 8 | 1976 hit whose title is sung just before the line "Take it easy" |
| 35% | MIRROR | 6 | Man in the __, Michael Jackson song |
| 35% | HELPMERHONDA | 12 | Title lyric heard 41 times in a 1965 Beach Boys hit |
| 35% | LWAYSTOLEAVEYOURLOVER | 21 | 1976 #1 hit whose title follows the words "There must be ..." |
| 35% | MIRROR | 6 | Michael Jackson is "starting with the man in" this |
| 34% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit whose title boat is “rollin’ on the river” |
| 34% | BRANDICARLILE | 13 | Singer whose 2021 hit song "Right on Time" is nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson song whose title means "Get lost!": 2 wds. |
| 34% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit song (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson's album with the hit song "Smooth Criminal" |