| 100% | NOLA | 4 | Theme song of bandleader Vincent Lopez |
| 73% | NOLA | 4 | Theme song of Vincent Lopez |
| 57% | NOLA | 4 | Vincent Lopez's theme song |
| 47% | NEARYOU | 7 | Theme song of Milton Berle |
| 46% | ITSMAGIC | 8 | Theme song of "The Doris Day Show" |
| 44% | NOLA | 4 | Vincent Lopez hit of 1922 |
| 43% | ADELINE | 7 | Campaign theme song of JFK's grandad: "Sweet __" |
| 42% | EYE | 3 | "Rocky III" theme song "___ of the Tiger" |
| 42% | DONOTFORSAKE | 12 | With 49-Across, theme song of 37- and 38-Across |
| 41% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There For You," theme song of the sitcom "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LOSTLOVE | 8 | Theme of many a country song |
| 40% | ANGER | 5 | Theme of many heavy metal songs |
| 40% | HAPPYTRAILS | 11 | Theme song of a classic western, visually suggested six times in this puzzle's grid |
| 38% | HAD | 3 | "Dirty Dancing" theme song "(I've ___) The Time of My Life" |
| 38% | WALTZINGMATILDA | 15 | National song, theme of today's puzzle |
| 37% | WHO | 3 | "___ Are You" (theme song of "CSI") |
| 36% | INKA | 4 | "___ Dinka Doo" (theme song of Jimmy Durante) |
| 36% | USA | 3 | "Good Morning ___" (theme song of "American Dad!") |
| 35% | ONUP | 4 | "Movin' ___" (theme song of "The Jeffersons"): 2 wds. |
| 35% | AWESOME | 7 | "Everything Is ___" (theme song of "The Lego Movie") |
| 33% | THEBRADYBUNCH | 13 | 1969-1974 sitcom whose theme song began "Here's the story of a lovely lady ...": 3 wds. |
| 33% | ALJARREAU | 9 | Singer whose "Moonlighting" was the theme song for the TV show of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ILOVEYOU | 8 | Start of Barney's theme song |
| 33% | ONUP | 4 | "Movin' ___" (theme song of the old sitcom "The Jeffersons"): 2 wds. |
| 33% | EYE | 3 | "___ of the Tiger," theme song of "Rocky III" |
| 32% | NOLA | 4 | Vincent Lopez standard |
| 32% | PAEAN | 5 | Song of joy |
| 32% | PSALM | 5 | Song of David |
| 32% | PAEAN | 5 | Song of triumph |
| 32% | ARIA | 4 | Song of "Salome" |