| 100% | BABA | 4 | The Who's "___ O'Riley" (song with "teenage wasteland" in the lyrics) |
| 59% | BABA | 4 | "___ O'Riley" (song by the Who that's often mistakenly called "Teenage Wasteland") |
| 55% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be" |
| 54% | RAPTURE | 7 | 1981 song by Blondie with lyrics about a man from Mars, who also features in the music video |
| 52% | LETGO | 5 | Frou Frou song with the lyric "There's beauty in the breakdown" |
| 51% | IRONIC | 6 | Alanis Morissette song with the lyric "It's a black fly in your Chardonnay" |
| 50% | NAPOLI | 6 | "Old" Italian city that rhymes with "but you see" in the lyrics of the Dean Martin song "That's Amore" |
| 50% | SOMEONES | 8 | "___ in the kitchen with Dinah" (old song lyric) |
| 49% | AGAINST | 7 | With 46-Across, song containing the lyric in this puzzle |
| 49% | LIU | 3 | Actress Lucy who was mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Hey Ya!" |
| 49% | MOONRIVER | 9 | Song with the lyric "I'm crossing you in style someday" |
| 49% | LIU | 3 | Actress Lucy who is mentioned in the lyrics of the OutKast song "Hey Ya!" |
| 48% | ONEDAYYOUWILL | 13 | Lady Antebellum song with the lyrics "Down the road the sun is shining / In every cloud there's a silver lining" (4 wds.) |
| 48% | CSINY | 5 | CBS spinoff whose theme song is the Who’s “Baba O’Riley” |
| 48% | CSINY | 5 | Hit CBS show whose theme song was the Who's "Baba O'Riley" |
| 48% | AMERICANPIE | 11 | *1971 song with the lyric "Helter skelter in a summer swelter" |
| 47% | BABA | 4 | "___ O'Riley," song by The Who |
| 47% | ODNIGHTIRENE | 12 | Classic song with the lyric "I'll see you in my dreams" |
| 47% | HESSOSHY | 8 | Pointer Sisters song with the lyric "You'd better move in carefully" |
| 47% | PIANOMAN | 8 | 24-Down single with the lyrics "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday / The regular crowd shuffles in" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CIRCUS | 6 | Britney Spears song with the lyric "All the eyes on me in the center of the ring" |
| 47% | RYAN | 4 | Actor O'Neal who co-stars with 42-Across in the 1976 comedy film "Nickelodeon" |
| 47% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument heard in the iconic intro to the Who's "Baba O'Riley" |
| 46% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who plays Riley Poole in the "National Treasure" films and Disney+ series |
| 46% | BABA | 4 | The Who's "___ O'Riley" |
| 46% | CIA | 3 | “Party in the ___” (Weird Al song with the lyric “Tappin’ the phones like yeah”) |
| 46% | LAYLA | 5 | Clapton song with the lyric “Like a fool, I fell in love with you” |
| 46% | EVERLONG | 8 | Foo Fighters song with the lyric "Breathe out, so I can breathe you in" |
| 46% | SILVERBELLS | 11 | Classic Christmas song with the lyric "City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, / Dressed in holiday style" |
| 46% | MISTLETOE | 9 | Justin Bieber holiday song with the lyrics "I should be playin' in the winter snow" |