| 100% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson song whose title means "Get lost!": 2 wds. |
| 56% | BLACKCAT | 8 | 1990 Janet Jackson song whose title can suggest a bad omen: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JUMPTOIT | 8 | 1982 Aretha Franklin song whose title means "Get moving!": 3 wds. |
| 49% | RUNAWAY | 7 | 1995 Janet Jackson song whose title can mean "fugitive" |
| 49% | CONTROL | 7 | 1986 Janet Jackson song whose title can mean "authority" |
| 49% | NASTY | 5 | 1986 Janet Jackson song whose title can mean "disgusting" |
| 48% | ESCAPADE | 8 | 1990 Janet Jackson song whose title can mean "fun adventure" |
| 48% | AGAIN | 5 | 1993 Janet Jackson song whose title can mean "once more" |
| 46% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 46% | NOSURPRISE | 10 | 2009 Daughtry song whose title starts with an "answer": 2 wds. |
| 45% | EATIT | 5 | 1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic parody of a Michael Jackson song: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | 1983 Michael Jackson song that inspired a moonwalk dance craze: 2 wds. |
| 43% | COMEONEILEEN | 12 | 1982 Dexys Midnight Runners song whose title might be telling actress Brennan to get moving: 3 wds. |
| 42% | AFTERMIDNIGHT | 13 | 1970 Eric Clapton song whose title is followed by "We gonna let it all hang down": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ARENOT | 6 | "You ___ Alone" (Michael Jackson song): 2 wds. |
| 42% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit song (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THUNDERSTRUCK | 13 | AC/DC song whose title means "astonished" |
| 41% | BAILANDO | 8 | Enrique Iglesias song whose title means "dancing" |
| 41% | ALOT | 4 | 2019 hit by 21 Savage whose title answers the question "How many problems you got?": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ELIELI | 6 | Hebrew song whose title means "My God! My God!" |
| 40% | MEGUSTA | 7 | 2020 Latin pop song whose title means "I like" |
| 40% | SOUTHERNCROSS | 13 | 1982 Crosby, Stills & Nash song whose title is also a 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CESTSIBON | 9 | Classic French song whose title means "It's so good" |
| 40% | LOCO | 4 | "Un Poco ___" ("Coco" song whose title means "a bit crazy") |
| 40% | MAS | 3 | 2009 Nelly Furtado song whose title means “more” in Spanish |
| 39% | THEMOON | 7 | "Racing With ___," drama film featuring Sean Penn as Henry Nash whose title is also a Vaughn Monroe song: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WAKE | 4 | "___ Me Up When September Ends," 2004 song whose title means to awaken |
| 38% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NOBODY | 6 | 15-Across song whose title can mean "an insignificant person" |
| 37% | LATOYA | 6 | Sister of Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |