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My Top 10 Hits – Week 195

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date November 9, 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 November 08TH 2020:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	2	10	No Hold On Me	Matty Mullins
2	3	6	Jericho	Andrew Ripp
3	1	11	Rise Up (Lazarus)	Cain
4	4	10	This Is What We Live For	Big Daddy Weave
5	5	13	God So Loved	We The Kingdom
6	6	5	Truth Be Told	Matthew West
7	7	6	Start Right Here	Casting Crowns
8	10	2	Evidence	Josh Baldwin
9	–	1	Famous For (I Believe)	Tauren Wells Ft. Jenn Johnson
10	–	1	Graves Into Gardens	Elevation Worship

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Different” – Micah Tyler

I love when a debut artist makes it onto my chart, and then hits # 1 with their very first song. Matty Mullins has done it. I had never heard of him a little over a couple of months ago, and now he sings my favorite song on the radio. It’s so catchy that I’m still singing the chorus over and over again, and I haven’t actually heard it on the radio for a day or two.

♫ No more shackles on my feet
The devil’s got no hold on me
Jesus blood has set me free
The devil’s got no hold on me

He’s got no hold (no hold !)
Hold (got no hold !)
The devil’s got no hold on me ♫

It’s a good idea to remind yourself of that when the now is rough and tough and the future looks bleak and uncertain. If you’re a believer and follower of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ then say it out loud and believe it, for the devil’s got no hold on you, as Jesus blood has set you free. I’m preaching that to myself too.

Tauren Wells is back with his 7TH hit on my chart over the past 3 years. “Famous For (I Believe)” has really grown on me (slowly) over the past 3 to 4 months. I really didn’t like the song for awhile. I actually thought that it was a remake of an old (’80s or ’90s) song, as it’s got that RETRO feel to it. As it turns out it’s a new song that Tauren cowrote with other artists. After 3 to 4 months of hearing it on the radio I’m now singing along to it.

I’ll get to see Tauren perform it LIVE in concert this upcoming February. He’s one of TobyMac’s friends on the “Hits Deep Tour 2021”, and I’ll be there for it here in South Florida. It’ll be my 4TH TobyMac concert !

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 5 new entries on Wednesday (special holiday blog post), 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

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2005

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date November 6, 2020

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 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday November 06TH 2005:

“Don’t Lie” – The Black Eyed Peas
“Gold Digger” – Kanye West
“Wake Me Up When September Ends” – Green Day
“Photograph” – Nickelback
“Because Of You” – Kelly Clarkson

A new season of my weekly RETRO feature has begun, and I vow to no longer talk negative of 2005.

Check out Nickelback at # 4 with one of their biggest hits – “Photograph”. I loved Nickelback music on the radio back in the day. I thought they were so cool as a band. Nowadays they are mostly maligned by grumpy middle-aged men who used to like them. I’m not one to malign a band that produced 6 big hits on my chart from 2001 to 2006. They would’ve kept on going if it weren’t for the fact that I was saved by Christ in August of 2006, and I completely turned-off the secular music. Oh – Nickelback’s 6TH and final hit in 2006 ? – “Savin’ Me”.

I’ve got an interesting anniversary coming up. Later this month in 2005 I was given an XM Satellite Radio for #ThanksChristmasGiving (combined Thanksgiving / Christmas holiday for my family). I still have it, and I still listen to it today. It’s a countertop boombox-style radio with a detachable / extendable satellite antenna that sits on my windowsill facing southward. Back in 2005 I discovered what turned out to be their # 1 station – 20 On 20. It was a fast-paced all-request Top 20 station. It kind of rejuvenated my pop chart at the time.

So Happy 15TH Anniversary SiriusXM. I’ve been a loyal listener longer than anyone else I know.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 25 years ago to November 1995.

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 2005, Music, Radio

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 194

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date November 2, 2020

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	10	Rise Up (Lazarus)	Cain
2	2	9	No Hold On Me	Matty Mullins
3	3	5	Jericho	Andrew Ripp
4	5	9	This Is What We Live For	Big Daddy Weave
5	4	12	God So Loved	We The Kingdom
6	6	4	Truth Be Told	Matthew West
7	7	5	Start Right Here	Casting Crowns
8	9	9	Into The Sea (It’s Gonna Be OK)	Tasha Layton
9	10	4	You Keep Hope Alive	Mandisa Ft. Jon Reddick
10	–	1	Evidence	Josh Baldwin

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Different” – Micah Tyler

It’s a quiet chart week with no change in the Top 3. Taylor, Madison, Logan, Matty, and Andrew have a firm hold at the top, and I’m interested to see what the next week holds for my 3 favorite songs on the radio. K-LOVE plays them about every 2 hours and 20 minutes around the clock. It’s actually fun to predict when I’ll hear any one of them again based on when they were last played. If I hear one of those 3 hits at 9:20 AM then I know that I’ll hear it again at 11:40 AM.

Josh Baldwin is back with his 3RD hit on my chart. He sees the evidence of God’s goodness – all over his life – all over his life. He sees God’s promises in fulfillment – all over his life – all over his life.

“Evidence” is my 182ND chart hit over the past 194 weeks. Next month after my 200TH chart is revealed I’ll present a special cumulative chart on Tuesday December 15TH featuring my Top 20 hits of the past 200 weeks.

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.

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

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1985

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date October 30, 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 5TH Friday of the month, so it’s a special. Back in 1985 I was an 18-year-old USAF Airman Basic living in a dorm at Chanute AFB near Rantoul Illinois. I was there for technical training related to my future job. During those last days of October of 1985 I was still there, but I shouldn’t have been. You see I was held-back. While my 3 classmates moved on to their next destination I was still there with my instructor. I failed the final exam (barely). I didn’t study hard enough for it. Perhaps I partied just a little bit too much during the days and nights leading-up to the final exam.

So my instructor summarized the material of the past 12 weeks, quizzed me on it over and over again, and prepared me to take the final exam again. I passed it on the redo, and I was soon on my way out of that dorm, off the base, and on the road in my 1980 Chevy Citation. I drove 700 miles eastward across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and into Northern Virginia (my home-of-record at the time).

These were the hottest hits in the land during that memorable 700-mile drive – exactly 35 years ago this weekend – for the week ending Sunday October 27TH 1985:

“Saving All My Love For You” – Whitney Houston
“Part-Time Lover” – Stevie Wonder
“Take On Me” – A-Ha
“Miami Vice Theme” – Jan Hammer
“Head Over Heels” – Tears For Fears

That was the longest solo road-trip of my life (up to that point). That was in my very first car that I didn’t get to keep long enough, as I would soon be on my way overseas to The United Kingdom. (That car would eventually be sold by my Dad.)

Big changes are coming to RETRO starting next Friday. 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 !