| 100% | GLORIA | 6 | Van Morrison song whose title is spelled out in the chorus |
| 69% | YMCA | 4 | Village People song whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 63% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 60% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 #1 hit whose title is spelled out in the lyric |
| 53% | HOTTOGO | 7 | Chappell Roan song whose title is spelled out before the lyric "Snap and clap and touch your toes" |
| 51% | YMCA | 4 | 1970s song whose title is spelled out with arm movements |
| 46% | GLORIA | 6 | Name spelled out in a Van Morrison song |
| 46% | OLDBROWNS | 9 | Beatles song whose title is an item the singer is "steppin' out" of |
| 46% | GLORIA | 6 | Woman's name spelled out in a Van Morrison song |
| 45% | STARMAN | 7 | David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky" |
| 45% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 44% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 43% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 43% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 40% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Song whose title is repeated before and after "gentille" in its first line |
| 40% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song whose title is said eighty times in its lyrics |
| 40% | AMOR | 4 | Ricky Martin song whose title is the Spanish word for "love" |
| 40% | ISIS | 4 | Bob Dylan song whose title is the name of a goddess |
| 39% | OURLOVE | 7 | Natalie Cole song whose title subject "will shine bright in the night like the stars above" |
| 38% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 38% | OSCARMAYER | 10 | Food company whose name is spelled out in its advertising jingle |
| 38% | RESPECT | 7 | Song title spelled out in its lyrics |
| 37% | YMCA | 4 | Village People hit whose title is often spelled out with arm movements |
| 37% | SHIPOOPI | 8 | The Music Man song whose title is a nonsense word |
| 37% | LAYDOWNSALLY | 12 | 1977 Eric Clapton song whose title is followed by "and rest you in my arms": 3 wds. |
| 37% | STU | 3 | Name spelled out in "The Alphabet Song" |
| 36% | BROWNEYED | 9 | Girl in the title of Van Morrison's 1967 hit |
| 36% | PORTLAND | 8 | Top 10 Drake song whose title is the same as an Oregon city, from his 2017 playlist "More Life" |
| 36% | EMO | 3 | Aesthetic whose spelled-out name is rhymed with piano in a Childish Gambino song |
| 35% | ENO | 3 | 24-Across co-producer, whose name is the song title spelled backward |