| 100% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated Michael Jackson lyric in a 1987 hit: 2 wds. | 
| 80% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated Michael Jackson lyric in a 1987 hit | 
| 70% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated lyric in a 1987 Michael Jackson #1 hit | 
| 66% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit song (2 wds.) | 
| 55% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | Title woman in a 1983 hit single by Michael Jackson: 2 wds. | 
| 54% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit | 
| 53% | IMBAD | 5 | Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit | 
| 44% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) | 
| 42% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated boast in a 1987 #1 hit | 
| 42% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated claim in the refrain of a Michael Jackson hit | 
| 40% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | 1983 Michael Jackson song that inspired a moonwalk dance craze: 2 wds. | 
| 38% | TEDDYBEAR | 9 | Stuffed animal that Seth MacFarlane provided the voice for in a hit 2012 movie: 2 wds. | 
| 38% | PEGGYSUE | 8 | Title woman in a 1957 hit single by Buddy Holly: 2 wds. | 
| 37% | MERCURYBLUES | 12 | Alan Jackson hit song with a 44-Down in its title (2 wds.) | 
| 37% | OFSORTS | 7 | In a way: 2 wds. | 
| 37% | KINDOF | 6 | In a way: 2 wds. | 
| 36% | SANJOSE | 7 | California city in a 1968 Dionne Warwick hit song (2 wds.) | 
| 36% | MARYTRAVERS | 11 | Folk singer who, in a trio with Peter and Paul, sang the 1963 hit "Puff, the Magic Dragon": 2 wds. | 
| 36% | ONEI | 4 | REM's 1987 hit "The ___ Love" (commonly thought to be a love song though it's about using people): 2 wds. | 
| 36% | EATIT | 5 | "Weird Al" Yankovic parody of a 1982 Michael Jackson hit (2 wds.) | 
| 35% | THRIFTSHOP | 10 | A 2012 hit by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis which has the line "only got 20 dollars in my pocket": 2 wds | 
| 35% | JIMMIECRACKCORN | 15 | Repeated lyric in a children's song | 
| 35% | EARTHSONG | 9 | Michael Jackson hit with a global theme | 
| 35% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson song whose title means "Get lost!": 2 wds. | 
| 35% | ONCUE | 5 | In a timely fashion, theatrically speaking: 2 wds. | 
| 35% | LATOYA | 6 | Sister of Michael Jackson: 2 wds. | 
| 35% | IMBAD | 5 | Boast in a #1 1987 hit | 
| 35% | IDO | 3 | Vow in a chapel: 2 wds. | 
| 35% | LINESUP | 7 | Gets in a queue: 2 wds. | 
| 35% | ONICE | 5 | Chilling in a cooler: 2 wds. |