Tag: Music

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1990

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date October 23, 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 October 28TH 1990:

“Can’t Stop Falling Into Love” – Cheap Trick
“Love Is The Ritual” – Styx
“Can’t Get Enuff” – Winger
“Falling To Pieces” – Faith No More
“Black Cat” – Janet Jackson

Why replicate a good thing when I can present the real thing ? 30 years ago this weekend my weekly hit music chart was a Top 40, and I analyzed my chart in a column known as “Chartbeat C.M.D.”

In my original handwriting – here’s that column:

Big changes are coming to RETRO starting next month and into December. I’ll be removing 20 years ago from the monthly rotation, and I’ll be adding 25 years ago and 35 years ago. My hit music chart began 35 years ago next month in England, and 25 years ago this month it was resurrected after a 3-year hiatus. The beginnings of both of these distinct eras are intriguing, and I’m looking forward to looking back at these music memories of my life.

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 1990, Music, Radio, Top 40

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 192

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date October 19, 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 October 18TH 2020:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	2	8	Rise Up (Lazarus)	Cain
2	3	7	No Hold On Me	Matty Mullins
3	1	10	God So Loved	We The Kingdom
4	5	7	This Is What We Live For	Big Daddy Weave
5	4	9	Who Am I	NeedToBreathe
6	6	2	Truth Be Told	Matthew West
7	7	3	Start Right Here	Casting Crowns
8	8	3	Jericho	Andrew Ripp
9	9	7	Into The Sea (It’s Gonna Be OK)	Tasha Layton
10	10	2	You Keep Hope Alive	Mandisa Ft. Jon Reddick

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Word Of Life” – Jeremy Camp

Taylor, Madison, and Logan Cain score a # 1 smash with their very first hit on my chart. They become the first artist since We The Kingdom last January to score a # 1 smash with their debut, and Cain replace We The Kingdom this week as the latter’s 2ND # 1 smash drops to # 3 this week. Cain embark on a national tour next March with We The Kingdom and Zach Williams as part of Zach’s “Rescue Story Tour”. Now that’s a concert I’m interested in !

♫ Come on and rise up
Take a breath you’re alive now
Can’t you hear the voice of Jesus calling us
Out from the grave like Lazarus
You’re brand new
The power of death couldn’t hold you
Can’t you hear the voice of Jеsus calling us
Out from the grave like Lazarus
Risе up, rise up, (Oh, oh), rise up
Out from the grave like Lazarus ♫

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.

Tags Blog, Christian, KLOVE, Music

2000s Blogging Movies Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2000

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date October 16, 2020

It’s the 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 20 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday October 15TH 2000:

“Country Grammar” – Nelly
“You’re A God” – Vertical Horizon
“With Arms Wide Open” – Creed
“It’s My Life” – Bon Jovi
“Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)” – 98°

Well that was quite the eclectic Top 5 back in 2000. I had raunchy hip hop at the top (cleaned-up for the radio), 2 songs about God almost 6 years before I knew God, Bon Jovi’s final big chart hit, and a Latin-like ballad from boy band 98°. That Bon Jovi track still sounds great 20 years later. I hear it almost every day via my iPod Shuffles at work. It was my # 4 hit of all of #Y2K. It spent 26 weeks in a row on my chart from June to December.

At the movies I saw the memorable “Meet The Parents” back on October 21ST 2000. It was 1 of 27 movies I saw in 2000 – a new record up to that point. So far in 2020 I’ve only seen 2 movies – the lowest since 1995.

This is my final “look back” at 2000. Big changes are coming to RETRO starting next month and into December. I’ll be removing 20 years ago from the monthly rotation, and I’ll be adding 25 years ago and 35 years ago. My hit music chart began 35 years ago next month in England, and 25 years ago this month it was resurrected after a 3-year hiatus. The beginnings of both of these distinct eras are intriguing, and I’m looking forward to looking back at these music memories of my life.

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 2000, Music, Radio

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 191

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date October 12, 2020

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	9	God So Loved	We The Kingdom
2	2	7	Rise Up (Lazarus)	Cain
3	3	6	No Hold On Me	Matty Mullins
4	8	8	Who Am I	NeedToBreathe
5	5	6	This Is What We Live For	Big Daddy Weave
6	–	1	Truth Be Told	Matthew West
7	10	2	Start Right Here	Casting Crowns
8	9	2	Jericho	Andrew Ripp
9	6	6	Into The Sea (It’s Gonna Be OK)	Tasha Layton
10	–	1	You Keep Hope Alive	Mandisa Ft. Jon Reddick

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “The Gospel” – Ryan Stevenson

We The Kingdom are still at # 1 on my chart with my favorite song on the radio. It’s their 5TH week at the top for “God So Loved”. That’s makes it my longest-running # 1 smash since June when The Afters spent 6 weeks at # 1 with “I Will Fear No More”.

My favorite male solo artist – Matthew West – is back with his 5TH hit in 3 years. His first 4 hits all hit # 1 or # 2 (“All In”), and his new one – “Truth Be Told” – could very well be on its way to the top as well. It’s actually been hanging around online for about a year now, but it’s new to Christian radio over the past couple of months. It’s from his “Brand New” album. (That’s the name of it.)

Check-out the official music video for “Truth Be Told” either below or over on YouTube.

After two postponements in 2020 his Southwest Florida concert supporting Casting Crowns (on their “Only Jesus” tour) is back on the docket for March of 2021, and I’ll (hopefully) be there to enjoy a night of great music for the Lord.

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.