Category: Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2008

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date May 5, 2023

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 10 Hits – Week 324

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date May 1, 2023

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday April 30TH 2023 – the 324TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	15	The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours) [10TH week @ # 1]	Matt Maher
2	3	20	My Story Your Glory	Matthew West
3	5	9	This Is Our God	Phil Wickham
4	2	13	I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus)	Jon Reddick
5	4	22	I See Grace	Micah Tyler
6	8	3	Desert Road	Casting Crowns
7	7	5	Fingerprints	Dan Bremnes
8	6	5	Easy To Praise	Patrick Mayberry
9	9	5	Cornerstone	TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
10	10	2	Thank God I Do	Lauren Daigle

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Wonder Working” – All Creatures
2021 – “Fires” – Jordan St. Cyr
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Alive” – Big Daddy Weave
2018 – “Freedom Hymn” – Austin French
2017 – “Even If” – MercyMe

PHIL WICKHAM – My #PickHitOfTheWeek is the current radio hit from Mr. Phil Wickham. The uplifting “This Is Our God” is his 8TH hit over the past 6 years. He’s 1 of 3 artists with 8 or more hits on my chart but no # 1 hits yet. (The other 2 artists are Tauren Wells and for King & Country.)

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 4 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #RetroFriday, #SundayScripture, and #Top10Monday.

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 our 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, Chart, Christian, God, Jesus, KLOVE, Music, Radio, TheJoyFM, WayFM, WGTS, Z883

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1988

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 28, 2023

It’s the 4TH Friday of the month, so I go back 35 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday May 01ST 1988:

“I Should Be So Lucky” – Kylie Minogue
“Always On My Mind” – Pet Shop Boys
“Together Forever” – Rick Astley
“You Don’t Know” – Scarlett And Black
“Shattered Dreams” – Johnny Hates Jazz

At the very end of 1987 – exactly 6 weeks after I left The United Kingdom after living and working there for 2 years as an 18, 19, and 20-year-old – an unsuspecting HI-NRG pop song entered the U.K. pop charts way down near the bottom of it. By late-February of 1988 – “I Should Be So Lucky” was a # 1 smash, and it stayed there for 5 weeks. It became one of the best-selling singles in the U.K. in 1988. Its success continued on pop charts worldwide including here stateside, and it kicked-off the music career of Ms. Kylie Minogue – which continues to this day. Kylie was 19 when she recorded and released the single, and I admit it – I had a crush on her back then when I was 20 and 21.

“I Should Be So Lucky” (and Rick Astley’s “Together Forever”) were products of the #SAW (Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman) hit music factory of the mid-to-late-1980s and into the early-1990s. They wrote and produced over 100 U.K. Top 40 hits during that era. They created Eurodance before we even knew what Eurodance was. I was a big fan of their sound, and I still enjoy it to this day.

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 15 years ago to the start of May 2008. It’s when Sonny was addicted.

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 1988, Kylie, Minogue, Music, Radio

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 323

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 24, 2023

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday April 23RD 2023 – the 323RD week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	14	The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours) [9TH week @ # 1]	Matt Maher
2	2	12	I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus)	Jon Reddick
3	3	19	My Story Your Glory	Matthew West
4	4	21	I See Grace	Micah Tyler
5	6	8	This Is Our God	Phil Wickham
6	7	4	Easy To Praise	Patrick Mayberry
7	8	4	Fingerprints	Dan Bremnes
8	9	2	Desert Road	Casting Crowns
9	10	4	Cornerstone	TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
10	–	1	Thank God I Do	Lauren Daigle

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “See Me Through It” – Brandon Heath
2021 – “Fires” – Jordan St. Cyr
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Greatness Of Our God” – Newsboys
2018 – “Freedom Hymn” – Austin French
2017 – “Even If” – MercyMe

DAN BREMNES – My #PickHitOfTheWeek is the one song that I’d like to hear more on the radio, as once I do – the song should climb into the top tier of my chart. I’d like to hear “Fingerprints” more on K-LOVE and The JOY-FM. It’s got a cool quirky upbeat sound to it, and its lyrics glorify our God. I like its chorus:

When you see love – leave a mark
Healin’ broken hearts
You see chains fall apart
You see hope rise from the dark
It’s so much more than ordinary
It’s nothing less than extraordinary
It’s the fingerprints of God

3 weeks ago – I featured its official lyric video. Since then – Dan has released the official music video. Check it out, and sing along to God:

Be blessed my friends ! May our 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.