| 100% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated lyric in a 1987 Michael Jackson #1 hit |
| 79% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated Michael Jackson lyric in a 1987 hit |
| 77% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated Michael Jackson lyric in a 1987 hit: 2 wds. |
| 66% | IMBAD | 5 | Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit |
| 57% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated boast in a 1987 #1 hit |
| 57% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit |
| 56% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated claim in the refrain of a Michael Jackson hit |
| 55% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit song (2 wds.) |
| 47% | BAD | 3 | 1987 Michael Jackson album that produced five #1 hits |
| 46% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | Title woman in a 1983 hit single by Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JIMMIECRACKCORN | 15 | Repeated lyric in a children's song |
| 45% | IMBAD | 5 | Boast in a #1 1987 hit |
| 44% | BEN | 3 | Michael Jackson's first #1 hit (about a rat!) |
| 41% | EARTHSONG | 9 | Michael Jackson hit with a global theme |
| 40% | DAYO | 4 | Repeated word in a 1957 Harry Belafonte hit |
| 40% | DRAKE | 5 | He recently tied Michael Jackson for most #1 Billboard hits by a male artist (13) |
| 40% | JEAN | 4 | Infamous Billie in a Michael Jackson song |
| 39% | MRSANDMAN | 9 | 1950s #1 hit with the repeated lyric "Bring me a dream" |
| 38% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 38% | THIRTEEN | 8 | Age of Michael Jackson at first solo number 1 hit |
| 38% | SLENDERLY | 9 | How Little Susie was fashioned in a Michael Jackson song |
| 38% | DOTHEHUSTLE | 11 | *Repeated lyric of a 1975 #1 disco hit |
| 38% | BAD | 3 | 1987 Michael Jackson album with five #1 singles |
| 37% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BEN | 3 | Michael Jackson's first #1 hit |
| 36% | ORDER | 5 | Repeated cry accompanying a gavel hit in the court |
| 36% | BEN | 3 | Michael Jackson's first #1 solo hit |
| 36% | ATASKET | 7 | Bit of nonsense in a #1 Ella Fitzgerald hit |
| 36% | LOUIE | 5 | Name repeated in a 1963 hit song |
| 36% | SERA | 4 | Word repeated in a Doris Day hit |