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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1998

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 21, 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 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday April 26TH 1998:

“Superhero (Lover)” – Daze
“This Is How We Party” – S.O.A.P.
“Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” – Backstreet Boys
“Amnesia” – Chumbawamba
“Sex And Candy” – Marcy Playground

One of those songs up there is still one of my favorites to this day – a quarter-of-a-century later. In fact – it’s in heavy rotation on my iPod Shuffles that play at my desk at my longtime workplace. No – it’s not Backstreet Boys; although, that was a good jam in 1998 !

It’s Chumbawamba’s follow-up to “Tubthumping” – “Amnesia”. It was a hit at U.S. Top 40 radio for a few months, and it hit # 1 on my chart (falling to # 4 on this weekend 25 years ago). The song has political overtones. But I like its melody and its fast beat and especially its memorable chorus – “Do you suffer from long-term memory loss ? (I don’t remember.)”

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 35 years ago to the end of April 1988 and the start of May 1988. It’s when a lucky Aussie teen stormed the world with her debut smash.

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 1998, Amber, Music, Radio

1990s Blogging Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1998

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date March 17, 2023

It’s the 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday March 22ND 1998:

“One More Night” – Amber
“As Long As You Love Me” – Backstreet Boys
“Superhero (Lover)” – Daze
“(I Wanna Be Your) Number One” – Alexia
“I Want You Back” – ‘N Sync

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 35 years ago to the end of March 1988. You don’t know what was on my Top 5 back then, but I do.

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 1998, Amber, Music, Radio

1990s Blogging Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1998

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 17, 2023

It’s the 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday February 22ND 1998:

“One More Night” – Amber
“Are You Jimmy Ray ?” – Jimmy Ray
“Sugar Cane” – Space Monkeys
“As Long As You Love Me” – Backstreet Boys
“Truly Madly Deeply” – Savage Garden

Amber … What a great singer with some great dance songs back in the day. She’s from the Netherlands, but she achieved her greatest success on the pop and dance charts here stateside. “One More Night” was 1 of 7 hit singles for Amber on my chart from 1996 to 2002, and it was from her debut album “This Is Your Night”. It was the Hani Radio Edit of “One More Night” that went straight-in to my Top 30 chart at # 1 and stayed there for 5 weeks.

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 35 years ago to the end of February 1988. It’s when Eric Carmen was in my Top 5 with a “Dirty Dancing” track.

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 1998, Amber, Music, Radio

1990s Blogging Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1998

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 20, 2023

It’s the 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday January 25TH 1998:

“Walkin’ On The Sun” – Smash Mouth
“Tubthumping” – Chumbawamba
“Mo Money Mo Problems” – Notorious B.I.G. Ft. Puff Daddy & Mase
“Legend Of A Cowgirl” – Imani Coppola
“As Long As You Love Me” – Backstreet Boys

So a quarter-of-a-century ago was 1998 ? !

I feel so old. I was 30 going on 31 in 1998, and I was a little bit wild at the time. I liked my Smash Mouth. They were like a party-pop-rock band who were really hot for about 4 years from late-1997 to late-2001.

Their debut smash was so hot, as they were “Walkin’ On The Sun”. It spent 28 weeks on my chart. They followed it up with “Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby” (10 weeks), “All Star” (47 weeks), “Then The Morning Comes” (21 weeks), “I’m A Believer” (32 weeks), and “Pacific Coast Party” (8 weeks). That’s some pretty good party music right there that defines that era leading-in to and coming-out of #Y2K.

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 35 years ago to the end of January 1988. It’s when both Michael Jackson and Prince were in my Top 5.

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 !