| 100% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song that Billboard listed as the biggest hit of 2004 |
| 61% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song that was the biggest hit of 2004 |
| 40% | TOGETHER | 8 | "We Belong ___," a song by Mariah Carey that was listed as Billboard's "Song of the Decade" |
| 38% | SUPERSTITION | 12 | 1972 Stevie Wonder hit that Rolling Stone ranked #74 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 37% | RISING | 6 | Big hit song for the Animals: House of the __ Sun |
| 36% | GOODGOLLY | 9 | With 48-Across, 1958 Little Richard hit that's #94 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2 wds. |
| 35% | WHATSNEXT | 9 | Drake song that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BEWITHOUTYOU | 12 | 28-Across song that Billboard named the most successful R&B/Hip Hop song of all time (3 wds.) |
| 35% | LEON | 4 | Kings of ___, band that sang the hit song "Use Somebody" |
| 34% | RADIOACTIVE | 11 | Imagine Dragons stadium rock song that spent the entirety of 2013 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 34% | CANTFEELMYFACE | 14 | The Weeknd hit that Rolling Stone called the best song of 2015: 4 wds. |
| 34% | HAVANA | 6 | Hit song by Camila Cabello that shares its title with the capital of Cuba |
| 34% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit that won Grammys for Song and Record of the Year |
| 34% | THINGS | 6 | "My Favorite ___," song from "The Sound of Music" that lists cozy items but wasn't originally written as a Christmas song |
| 34% | ONE | 3 | Number that's the title of hit songs by Metallica and U2 |
| 33% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 33% | VOLARE | 6 | 1958 hit that won the first-ever Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 33% | OZZ | 3 | "Blizzard of ___" (debut heavy metal album that features the hit song "Crazy Train") |
| 33% | UPSIDEDOWN | 10 | 1980 50-Across song that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Disco, and Soul charts (2 wds.) |
| 33% | BUBBLY | 6 | The biggest hit song by Colbie Caillat |
| 33% | CITYLIGHTS | 10 | Charlie Chaplin movie that AFI lists as the #1 romantic comedy of all time: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | Judy Garland movie that AFI lists as the #1 fantasy film of all time: 4 wds. |
| 33% | GLEE | 4 | Fox series that was the source of 80 Billboard Hot 100 songs in 2010 |
| 33% | CASTLES | 7 | "___ in the Air," 1971 song by Don McLean that was a Billboard Top 40 hit |
| 32% | CALIFORNIA | 10 | "Hotel ___," Grammy-winning song by the Eagles which is one of their biggest commercial hits |
| 32% | ROSANNA | 7 | Toto hit song that won the 1982 Grammy for Record of the Year |
| 32% | AMERICANIDIOT | 13 | 2004 Green Day song that hit #1 on the alternative charts: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROAR | 4 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2014 |
| 32% | FIREWORK | 8 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year in 2012 |
| 32% | WEDONTTALK | 10 | With 36-Across, song from 16-Across that hit #1 on the Billboard charts: 3 wds. |