Category: Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 167

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 27, 2020

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back 40+ years. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday April 26TH 2020:

“Almost Home” – MercyMe [# 1 last week / 19TH week on chart]
“Alive And Breathing” – Matt Maher [2 / 7TH]
“I Will Fear No More” – The Afters [3 / 14TH]
“(I’ll) Never Let You Down” – Hawk Nelson Ft. Hunter & Tara [4 / 5TH]
“Your Name Is Power” – Rend Collective [6 / 16TH]
“See A Victory” – Elevation Worship [5 / 12TH]
“The God Who Stays” – Matthew West [7 / 23RD]
“Waymaker” – Michael W. Smith Ft. Vanessa Campagna [8 / 14TH]
“Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp [10 / 2ND]
“Great Things” – Phil Wickham [- / 1ST]

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Alive” – Big Daddy Weave
2018 – “Freedom Hymn” – Austin French
2017 – “Even If” – MercyMe

Phil Wickham returns to my chart for what appears to be an annual tradition; although, he’s a little bit early this year. His “Living Hope” was a Summer of 2018 hit, and his “Till I Found You” was a # 2 hit during the Summer of 2019. Now he’s back with his Summer of 2020 hit – a couple of months early. It’s “Great Things”, and it’s the lead-off track of his Summer of 2018 studio album, “Living Hope”. All 3 hits mentioned were actually released as promotional digital singles several weeks apart just prior to the album’s release, but their respective releases to Christian radio have been staggered since then.

Phil has used the upbeat “Great Things” to kickoff Praise & Worship at various churches where he led the music.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 4 new entries on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. I’m also on Twitter and Flickr.

Be blessed my friends ! May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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1990s Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1990

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 24, 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 4TH Friday of the month, so I go back 30 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday April 22ND 1990:

“Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)” – Technotronic Ft. Ya Kid K
“Dangerous” – Roxette
“Roam” – The B-52s
“Don’t Wanna Fall In Love” – Jane Child
“This Old Heart Of Mine” – Rod Stewart & Ronald Isley

What a jam that was 30 years ago – and it still is today. Imagine a young almost 23-year-old version of me dancing to that jam at the hottest clubs of South Florida in 1990. It’s still in heavy rotation on my iPod Shuffles. I can’t keep still in my chair when I hear it at almost 53 years old. It’s aged quite well over the past 30 years. (It’s aged better than me.)

The Eurodance era of the 1990s was my favorite era of music (by far) prior to salvation in Christ. Many credit “Gonna Make You Sweat” from C + C Music Factory in kickstarting the nearly decade-long pop radio era in 1991, but Technotronic was getting the world to dance with hip hop treats and house beats some two years earlier. They stormed the world with two back-to-back mammoth hits – starting with “Pump Up The Jam” in 1989 and continuing with “Get Up ! …” in 1990.

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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Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 166

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 20, 2020

“Almost Home” – MercyMe [# 1 last week / 18TH week on chart]
“Alive And Breathing” – Matt Maher [2 / 6TH]
“I Will Fear No More” – The Afters [3 / 13TH]
“(I’ll) Never Let You Down” – Hawk Nelson Ft. Hunter & Tara [4 / 4TH]
“See A Victory” – Elevation Worship [5 / 11TH]
“Your Name Is Power” – Rend Collective [7 / 15TH]
“The God Who Stays” – Matthew West [9 / 22ND]
“Waymaker” – Michael W. Smith Ft. Vanessa Campagna [10 / 13TH]
“Amen” – Micah Tyler [6 / 9TH]
“Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp [- / 1ST]

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Greatness Of Our God” – Newsboys
2018 – “Freedom Hymn” – Austin French
2017 – “Even If” – MercyMe

No change at the top – or in the Top 5. All of the action is in the bottom-half of my Top 10 as several long-running songs actually ease back up a notch or two.

Jeremy Camp is back with his follow-up to my # 1 smash “Dead Man Walking”. It’s his 4TH hit since 2017, and he joins The Afters, Hawk Nelson, and Michael W. Smith as current artists who were on my chart during previous eras. Jeremy made his debut on my chart in November 2006 with “Tonight”.

I’ve seen Jeremy LIVE in concert 4 times now (since 2015) – including twice in 2020 alone ! He puts on a solid set of his hits past and present, and I love his story as told in the recent movie “I Still Believe”.

I also love his new hit. Check out his official music video:

Be blessed my friends ! May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Tags Blog, Christian, KLOVE, Music

2000s Movies Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2000

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

“(I’ll) Never Let You Go – Third Eye Blind
“All The Small Things” – Blink 182
“Thong Song” – Sisqo
“Say My Name” – Destiny’s Child
“Bye, Bye, Bye” – ‘N Sync

1 of those 5 hits is still a favorite 20 years later, and that’s Blink 182’s biggest hit ever “All The Small Things”. While it’s not currently in active rotation on my iPod Shuffles it has spent considerable time on them. According to my iTunes I purchased and added this track on New Year’s Eve 2009, and since then it’s garnered 527 plays – about 1 play per week. It was my # 6 hit overall of 2000 (out of 199 chart songs).

20 years ago this weekend I saw “Return To Me” at the Box Office, and I rated it 3 out of 4 stars – which is the equivalent of a “C” letter grade. Apparently I didn’t like it all that much. I don’t remember anything about that movie. Wikipedia tells me that David Duchovny and Minnie Driver starred in it.

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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