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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2008

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date May 5, 2023
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Hello again retro music fans. Every Friday I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 15, 20, 25, or 35 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday May 04TH 2008:

“Yours” – Dizmas
“Shine Like The Stars” – Stellar Kart
“Face Down” – Family Force 5
“Southern Weather” – The Almost
“Addicted” – P.O.D.

Sonny is “Addicted”. That’s Sonny Sandoval – lead singer of P.O.D. (Payable On Death). “Addicted” was a radio hit at both U.S. Christian Rock and U.S. Mainstream Rock during the Spring of 2008. It was the first single from their album “When Angels & Serpents Dance”. It was a # 1 smash on my chart.

All good things must come to an end, so they say. This marks the final edition of “My Top 5 Hits RETRO” after over 5 years. This is one of the original 2 weekly features that I’ve produced ever since the January 2018 reboot of my blog here on WordPress. After careful consideration I’ve decided to discontinue the Friday edition of my blog, and scale-back to 3 weekly editions on Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. And for the very last time – Thanks for going retro with me !

Tags 2008, Music, P.O.D., Radio

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2008

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 14, 2023

Last Friday I observed Good Friday, and so #RetroFriday was preempted. It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, and this is the edition I would’ve presented last week. I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday April 13TH 2008:

“Face Down” – Family Force 5
“Friend Like That” – Hawk Nelson
“The Flame In All Of Us” – Thousand Foot Krutch
“Apathy For Apologies” – Everyday Sunday
“Southern Weather” – The Almost

Family Force 5 (#FF5) made quite the presence on my pop chart back during the infancy of my salvation in Christ. They were on with 6 hits from 2006 to 2009 – including “Love Addict” – which was one of the first songs I ever heard in August 2006 – right after God rescued and saved me and showed me His love. “Love Addict” was their first # 1 smash. It was also my 2ND # 1 smash during my Salvation Era. “Face Down” was their 2ND # 1 smash, and it was at the top of my chart for 3 weeks in a row starting exactly 15 years ago this week.

There was no music video made for “Face Down”, but #FF5 uploaded this to YouTube about 10 years ago for your listening pleasure. Take a listen to what my chart sounded like on this day 15 years ago:

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 25 years ago to April 1998. It’s when – it’s when – um – I – I can’t remember. I may suffer from long-term memory loss.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going retro with me !

Tags 2008, Family Force 5, FF5, Music, Radio

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2003

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date March 10, 2023

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 20 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday March 09TH 2003:

And here’s an actual snapshot of my Top 5 exactly the way it appeared on my web site at the time:

That’s from the 750TH overall edition and 391ST online edition of my weekly hit music chart – known at the time as my “Pure Dance Chart”. It was right in the middle of the 2ND era of my chart that lasted a little over 14 years from October 1995 to January 2010. For a little over 2 years from 2002 to 2004 I was immersed in the #EDM culture, and my chart reflected that short era of my life.

Dreamy trance topped my hit music chart 20 years ago this weekend – with Noémi’s “In My Dreams”. I had a sense of humor there with my comments underneath the title (The Major’s “Stompin’ In A Marching Band” romp). I wrote that because you can stomp in a marching band to the beat of that hard trance song.

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 25 years ago to March 1998. It’s when Trine, Sieber, and Jesper requested loving superpowers.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going retro with me !

Tags 2003, BPM, Club, EDM, House, Music, Radio, Techno, Trance

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2008

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date March 3, 2023

It’s the 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday March 02ND 2008:

“Friend Like That” – Hawk Nelson
“Southern Weather” – The Almost
“I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” – The Wedding
“Medicine” – The Fold
“Casting Off” – This Beautiful Republic

It’s fun to look back at those bands that I rocked-out to as a kid 15 years ago. (OK – so I was 40 – almost 41 – at the time, but I was a mere kid on this fantastic journey experiencing my own Jesus Revolution.)

The Almost was an awesome band back then. They sounded great on the radio on CALL-FM. Led by Aaron Gillepsie – they are originally from the Tampa Bay area, so they know a little something about that “Southern Weather”. It was 1 of their 5 hits on the radio back during the late-2000s. It spent 6 weeks at # 2. It’s one of those songs that I never forgot. Its melody is still on my mind after 15 years.

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 20 years ago to March 2003. It’s when I got my glowsticks out on the dancefloor to move to a dreamy trance.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going retro with me !