| 100% | IWANTITTHATWAY | 14 | Top-10 Backstreet Boys ballad about a strained relationship: 5 wds. |
| 65% | ALLIHAVETOGIVE | 14 | Top-10 Backstreet Boys ballad about offering affection, not money: 5 wds. |
| 56% | SHAPEOFMYHEART | 14 | Top-10 Backstreet Boys ballad about showing one's true self: 4 wds. |
| 33% | LOVESOMEBODY | 12 | 2013 top 10 hit for Maroon 5: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DONTWANNAKNOW | 13 | 2016 top 10 hit for Maroon 5: 3 wds. |
| 33% | ONEMORENIGHT | 12 | 2012 top 10 hit for Maroon 5: 3 wds. |
| 32% | NOBODYGETSME | 12 | SZA breakup ballad that was a top 10 hit from "SOS": 3 wds. |
| 32% | MILLIONREASONS | 14 | 2016 Lady Gaga hit about a significant but rocky relationship: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BADROMANCE | 10 | 2009 Lady Gaga hit about a challenging but intense relationship: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BETTERNOW | 9 | 2018 Post Malone top 10 hit reflecting on a breakup: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | 2012 Ang Lee film about a shipwrecked boy and tiger: 3 wds. |
| 31% | FAKELOVE | 8 | Top 10 Drake song about insincere people, from his 2017 playlist "More Life": 2 wds. |
| 31% | THEGIVINGTREE | 13 | Shel Silverstein book about a little boy and his generous friend: 3 wds. |
| 31% | THEGOLDBERGS | 12 | ABC sitcom about a geeky boy growing up in the 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Top 10 longest-running Broadway musical in which Fantine sings "I Dreamed a Dream": 2 wds. |
| 31% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | Book and movie about a boy on a boat with a tiger: 3 wds. |
| 31% | THELITTLELIAR | 13 | Novel by 43-Across about a boy who always tells the truth (3 wds.) |
| 30% | ACHORUSLINE | 11 | Top 10 longest-running Broadway musical in which a cast of aspiring dancers sings "One": 3 wds. |
| 30% | WHATYOUWISHFOR | 14 | Katherine Center novel about a school librarian and her relationship with the principal (4 wds.) |
| 30% | ONEDAYATATIME | 13 | Norman Lear sitcom about a single mom and her daughters, revived in 2017: 5 wds. |
| 30% | BROKENHEARTED | 13 | 1995 top 10 hit by Brandy, about a teenager's first disappointment in love |
| 30% | IKNOWYOUWANTME | 14 | 2009 top 10 Pitbull song subtitled "Calle Ocho": 5 wds. |
| 30% | WHATLOVERSDO | 12 | 2017 top 10 single from Maroon 5's "Red Pill Blues" album, featuring SZA: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ISLEOFDOGS | 10 | 2018 Wes Anderson stop-motion animated film about a boy looking for his pet (3 wds.) |
| 30% | THESHAGGYDOG | 12 | Disney live-action movie about a boy who transforms into his neighbor's pet: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ISLEOFDOGS | 10 | 2018 stop-motion movie about a boy's search for his canine best friend: 3 wds. |
| 29% | BIRD | 4 | "Lady ___," 2017 film starring Saoirse Ronan about a high school senior's strained relationship with her mother |
| 29% | BETTERNOW | 9 | Top 10 song by 42-Across that was nominated for a Best Pop Solo Performance Grammy Award (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LETMELOVEYOU | 12 | 2016 top 10 hit for DJ Snake, or a 2004 top 10 hit for Mario: 4 wds. |
| 29% | GIRLSLIKEYOU | 12 | 2018 top 10 single from Maroon 5's "Red Pill Blues" album, featuring Cardi B: 3 wds. |