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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2005

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date September 11, 2020

Every 2ND, 3RD, and 4TH Friday of the month 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, or 30 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday September 11TH 2005:

“Pon De Replay” – Rihanna
“La Tortura” – Shakira Ft. Alejandro Sanz
“Let Me Hold You” – Bow Wow Ft. Omarion
“Lose Control” – Missy Elliott Ft. Ciara & Fatman Scoop
“Get It Poppin'” – Fat Joe Ft. Nelly

I’m glad I survived and moved on from that debacle that was 2005. You think 2020 is your worst year ever ? Not for me. That would be 2005. I don’t even remember much of 2005 other than the fact that it was very dark.

At the movies (where I escaped reality) I saw “The Man” back on September 18TH 2005. It starred Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy as cops. It received horrible reviews by critics and moviegoers, and it was a box office flop. I rated it as 3.5 stars, so apparently I laughed a few times at the hijinks that ensued.

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 !

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2000

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 21, 2020

It’s the 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 20 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday August 20TH 2000:

“Lucky” – Britney Spears
“I Think I’m In Love With You” – Jessica Simpson
“It’s My Life” – Bon Jovi
“Higher” – Creed
“Bent” – Matchbox Twenty

Good chart 20 years ago this week. Good music. “It’s My Life”, “Higher”, and “Bent” still play on my iPod Shuffles today. They still sound great. They were 3 of my Top 5 hits for the entire year of 2000. You know I’ve always considered 2000 to be the 12TH year of “’90s music”. The greatest decade of music for me began in 1989 and it continued on through 2000.

I just watched the official music video for Jessica Simpson’s “I Think I’m In Love With You”. Now I remember why I liked it so much back then. It’s a great summertime song. I think it’s my favorite Jessica Simpson jam. It borrows heavily from John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Jack & Diane”. In fact if you were in the dance clubs back during the Summer of 2000 (like myself) then you probably heard a wonderful mash-up of “Jack & Diane” and “I Think I’m In Love With You”. I need to add it to my iTunes Wish List. Yep. I’m still buying music on iTunes. Don’t judge me. #OldSchool

Over at the multiplex I saw “Nutty Professor II: The Klumps”. It was a summertime smash, but apparently I didn’t like it all that much. I rated it a “C”.

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 !

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2005

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 14, 2020

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday August 14TH 2005:

“Get It Poppin'” – Fat Joe Ft. Nelly
“Switch” – Will Smith
“Baby I’m Back” – Baby Bash
“How To Deal” – Frankie J
“La Tortura” – Shakira Ft. Alejandro Sanz

The forgettable year of 2005 continues. I don’t remember a single one of these songs. I don’t remember what they sound like at all. I’d have to go to YouTube and watch the music videos of these songs to remind me of how I liked them 15 years ago this week. I don’t really feel like doing that. Why bring back memories of a “down” year ?

Over at a movie theatre near Walt Disney World I saw “Red Eye” and “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo” with my brother. I guess we both liked “Red Eye”. We rated it a perfect 4 stars back then. We spent 5 days in the Orlando area (with a brief visit to Tampa) right after Hurricane Katrina had made landfall in northern Miami-Dade County and moved erratically through the region. We attended two WWE events (one house show and one televised nationally). That was a fun trip !

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 !

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2000

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 17, 2020

It’s the 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 20 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday July 16TH 2000:

“Higher” – Creed
“It’s Gonna Be Me” – ‘N Sync
“My Own Worst Enemy” – Lit
“Try Again” – Aaliyah
“Jumpin’, Jumpin'” – Destiny’s Child

Creed was at # 1 for the 9TH week in a row on this week exactly 20 years ago, and they would continue on for another 2 weeks before surrendering the top spot for the next 6 weeks after that. And then they would return to # 1 in September of 2000. “Higher” spent a total of 13 weeks at # 1 on my chart in 2000. To this date it remains the 2ND longest-running # 1 smash in the history of my chart.

One of my favorite pop / punk songs of all-time was Lit’s “My Own Worst Enemy”. It was a late-bloomer here on my chart. Over a year after it peaked at Mainstream Top 40 radio it was one of my biggest hits in July of 2000 – eventually reaching # 2. I still love the song today.

Over at the multiplex I saw 4 movies in July of 2000 – “Me, Myself, & Irene”, “Scary Movie”, “Disney’s The Kid”, and “Loser”. 2000 was a year in which I saw 27 movies – the most of my adult life up to that point. (So far in 2020 I’ve seen 1 movie. #COVID19)

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 !