| 100% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song that was the biggest hit of 2004 |
| 70% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song that Billboard listed as the biggest hit of 2004 |
| 49% | DAY | 3 | Green ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" |
| 49% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 48% | CALIFORNIA | 10 | "Hotel ___," Grammy-winning song by the Eagles which is one of their biggest commercial hits |
| 48% | STAY | 4 | 2021 song that was the Kid Laroi's first #1 hit |
| 48% | YANKEE | 6 | "___ Doodle," popular nursery rhyme song that is the state song of Connecticut |
| 48% | OLD | 3 | "___ New Hampshire," song that is the official state song of New Hampshire |
| 47% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 47% | TOOMUCHHEAVEN | 13 | Song that was the first of three #1 singles by 42-Across in 1979 (3 wds.) |
| 46% | SOS | 3 | ABBA song that was the A-side of "Man in the Middle" |
| 46% | GTO | 3 | Car that was the subject of a 1964 top 10 hit |
| 46% | THEWAYYOUMOVE | 13 | OutKast hit that was No. 5 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004 (4 wds.) |
| 45% | HAPPYTOGETHER | 13 | 1967 song by 15-Across that was the group's biggest hit: 2 wds. |
| 45% | WVA | 3 | American state that is the subject of the song "Country Roads": Abbr. |
| 45% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 45% | RISING | 6 | Big hit song for the Animals: House of the __ Sun |
| 45% | WHITECHRISTMAS | 14 | 1942 holiday song that is the bestselling single of all time |
| 45% | DONTSTOP | 8 | With 47-Across, Journey song that was the soundtrack to the final scene of 27-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SUEDE | 5 | "Blue ___ Shoes" (1956 song that was one of the first rock and roll records) |
| 44% | GLEE | 4 | Fox series that was the source of 80 Billboard Hot 100 songs in 2010 |
| 44% | ASIA | 4 | 1980s band whose biggest hit was "Heat of the Moment" |
| 44% | IFIAINTGOTYOU | 13 | Alicia Keys hit that was No. 3 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004 (5 wds.) |
| 44% | IDONTWANNAKNOW | 14 | Mario Winans hit that was No. 7 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004 (4 wds.) |
| 44% | COTTONEYEDJOE | 13 | Traditional American folk song that was the inspiration for a 1994 hit by Swedish band Rednex: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 44% | HOMERS | 6 | Hits that might be out of the park |
| 44% | EBB | 3 | With 15-Across, 1953 song that was a hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965 |
| 44% | DANCING | 7 | "___ Queen," 1976 ABBA song that was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015 |
| 44% | TOMDOOLEY | 9 | Folk song that was a #1 hit for the Kingston Trio |
| 43% | ROAR | 4 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2014 |