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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1996

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 13, 2021

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, 25, 30, or 35 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday August 11TH 1996:

“Jellyhead” – Crush
“Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand” – Primitive Radio Gods
“Ooh Aah … Just A Little Bit” – Gina G
“This Is Your Night” – Amber
“C’Mon N’ Ride It (The Train) – Quad City DJs

Good music during the Summer of ’96. Fun season when I was 29.

The “Motiv8 Pumphouse Remix” of “Jellyhead” from British girl duo Crush was a regional pop hit here in South Florida. It spent 8 weeks in a row at # 1 on my chart, and it was the 10TH biggest hit of the entire year. I still hear it almost every day at work, as it’s in heavy rotation on my iPod Shuffles that play at my desk at my workplace. It’s aged wonderfully over these past 25 years. I still consider it to be one of the greatest ’90s HI-NRG Eurodance tracks ever made.

At the movie theatre I saw “Kingpin” and “A Very Brady Sequel” 25 years ago this month.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 30 years ago to August 1991.

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 1996, Movies, Music, Radio

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1996

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 9, 2021

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday July 14TH 1996:

“Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand” – Primitive Radio Gods
“Ooh Aah … Just A Little Bit” – Gina G
“C’Mon N’ Ride It (The Train) – Quad City DJs
“The Crossroads” – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
“Follow You Down” – Gin Blossoms

I never saw “The Cable Guy” in the movie theatres in June and July 1996. It made over $60 million at the box office here in North America, but it was considered a box office disappointment because it didn’t make as much money as Jim Carrey’s previous movies. It just didn’t seem appealing to me to go to the movie theatre to see it. I saw the movie after-the-fact on either VHS or DVD. Fun Fact: From 2005 to 2010 I was a member of the original Netflix subscription service – receiving, watching, and returning DVDs via the mail and their red envelopes.

I mention “The Cable Guy” because my # 1 smash 25 years ago (and a surprise North American rock and pop smash) broke-out from that movie. It’s got a quirky title that has nothing to do with the quirky song that heavily samples a B.B. King track from 32 years earlier (in 1964) – “How Blue Can You Get (Downhearted)”.

“Standing Outside …” actually went straight-in at # 1 on my chart – a rare feat. Back in 1996 I was compiling and publishing online a Top 30 hit music chart each week. “Standing Outside …” has stood the test of time. I still enjoying hearing it today. It’s in medium rotation on my iPod Shuffles that play at my desk at my workplace with 417 plays over the past 13 years.

Incidentally – at the movie theatre I saw Eddie Murphy’s “The Nutty Professor” on July 20TH 1996.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 30 years ago to July 1991.

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 1996, Movies, Music, Radio

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1996

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 11, 2021

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday June 09TH 1996:

“Everything Falls Apart” – Dog Eye’s View
“Follow You Down” – Gin Blossoms
“Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven)” – Hootie & The Blowfish
“Theme From ‘Mission: Impossible'” – Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen
“Plush” – Stone Temple Pilots

Good music there from a quarter of a century ago when I turned 29 years old.

Recorded in 1995 when they were in heavy rotation on Rock, Top 40, and Hot A.C. radio with a string of hits in a row here in the U.S.A. – that’s from Hootie’s 2ND album – “Fairweather Johnson” – which was not nearly as HUGE as their debut album – “Cracked Rear View”. That music video was filmed in their hometown of Columbia South Carolina.

I credit Hootie with ending the grunge era in 1994 and rescuing Top 40 music. As grunge was dying Hootie came on the scene with “happy rock” that made you feel good. It was the dawn of a new era on the radio.

Speaking of grunge – let me explain “Plush” from Stone Temple Pilots. What was that song doing at # 5 on my chart in 1996 when it was 3 years old by that time ? Believe it or not it was my # 1 smash the week before – for the week ending Sunday June 02ND 1996. I was visiting my family in my original hometown area of Washington D.C. during the Memorial Day holiday week leading up to that, and my brother (age 21 at the time) played that song a lot in his car. It grew on me. I brought it back home to South Florida with me.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 30 years ago to June 1991.

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 1996, Music, Radio

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1996

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date May 14, 2021

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday May 12TH 1996:

“The World I Know” – Collective Soul
“Name” – Goo Goo Dolls
“Follow You Down” – Gin Blossoms
“Ooh Boy” – Real McCoy
“Take Your Chance” – Fun Factory

Collective Soul, Goo Goo Dolls, and Gin Blossoms: Who are 3 cool light-rock bands who enjoyed their greatest mainstream Top 40 success during the mid-1990s ?

Collective Soul formed during the early-1990s, and Goo Goo Dolls and Gin Blossoms formed during the mid-1980s. All 3 bands are still together today – performing and touring. Aside from a brief hiatus during the late-1990s for Gin Blossoms all 3 bands have been continuously active since the beginning. Goo Goo Dolls celebrate their 35TH anniversary this year !

All 3 bands had a lot of great songs during their heyday, but if I had to pick a fave from each of them then it would have to be Collective Soul’s “The World I Know”, Goo Goo Dolls’ “Name”, and Gin Blossoms’ “Hey Jealousy” (from my wild and crazy Summer of 1993).

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 30 years ago to May 1991.

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 1996, Music, Radio