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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1987

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 4TH Friday of the month, so I go back 35 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday March 01ST 1987:

  1. “Live It Up” – Mental As Anything
  2. “I Get The Sweetest Feeling” – Jackie Wilson
  3. “Skin Trade” – Duran Duran
  4. “Coming Around Again” – Carly Simon

Last week on #RetroFriday I hinted at a long-running Australian band who scored a # 1 smash on my chart that is one of my favorite songs of all-time that I still hear nearly every day on my iPod Shuffles that play at my desk at my workplace. And I sing along to it every day. And I’ve probably played it more times than any other American, as it’s a virtual unknown song here in the U.S.A.

That would be Mental As Anything’s “Live It Up” – their biggest hit ever. It was an International pop smash in Australia / New Zealand and Europe – reaching # 3 on the U.K. pop chart. I absolutely love this song 35 years later. It still sounds as fresh as it did back in 1987 when I was a late-teenager (not quite 20 yet) living it up in England.

Here’s the band from their iconic Thursday February 26TH 1987 LIVE performance on BBC-1’s “Top Of The Pops”:

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 15 years ago to March 2007. It’s when a guy from my former hometown scored his first # 1 smash on my chart. His second # 1 smash would come 10 years later and help resurrect my weekly hit music chart after a 7-year hiatus.

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 !

All rights reserved (c) 2022 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Bible Blogging Christian Church God Holidays Ministry Music Radio Scripture

My Top 10 Hits – Week 262

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 40+ years. Here’s this week’s chart:

#TOP10MONDAY WEEK ENDING – SUNDAY FEBRUARY 20TH 2022 WEEK 262
TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 15 Weary Traveler
[10TH week @ # 1]		 Jordan St. Cyr
2 2 11 Jesus Is Coming Back Jordan Feliz Ft. Mandisa & Jonathan Traylor
3 4 20 Come What May We Are Messengers
4 7 4 Brighter Days Blessing Offor
5 5 4 See Me Through It Brandon Heath
6 6 4 Holy Spirit Come Patrick Mayberry
7 3 7 River Of Life Mac Powell
8 8 8 Walking Free Micah Tyler
9 10 2 Sunday Sermons Anne Wilson
10 – 1 In Jesus Name (God Of Possible) Katy Nichole

# 1 This Week In:
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Maybe It’s OK” – We Are Messengers
2018 – “Gracefully Broken” – Matt Redman Ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard
2017 – “Love Broke Thru” – TobyMac

HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY TO K-LOVE ! – It’s Presidents’ Day here in the U.S.A. – a federal holiday where we honor George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and all of our U.S. Presidents past and present. For me Presidents’ Day holds a special meaning. It was on this holiday in 2017 that I discovered the existence of K-LOVE. I was on a 7-day road-trip vacation up to the Florida Panhandle and back, and I was listening to some great Christian pop music on various radio stations along the way. I was praying for such a radio station in South Florida that I could listen to back home. After doing just a little bit of research online in my hotel room in Bartow Florida on the final night of my road-trip I realized that such a radio station already existed in South Florida. In fact it was broadcasting at 100,000 watts from a longtime 1,000-foot transmitter that I could actually see from my neighborhood 5 miles away. I began picking-up K-LOVE from over 100 miles away on my drive home the day after Presidents’ Day. I’ve been listening ever since. My personal hit music chart was resurrected that weekend after a 7-year hiatus. God gave me K-LOVE 10½ years into my salvation, and my fantastic journey was rejuvenated.

This blog is # 36 worldwide on the Top 80 Christian Music Blogs and Websites chart. Thank You for including us Feedspot !

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2022 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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1990s Blogging Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1992

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 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 30 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday February 16TH 1992:

  1. “I’m Too Sexy” – Right Said Fred
  2. “Black Or White” – Michael Jackson
  3. “I’ll Get By” – Eddie Money
  4. “Can’t Let Go” – Mariah Carey
  5. “Vibeology” – Paula Abdul

The late great Eddie Money enjoyed success on the radio during the late-1970s (“Baby Hold On”, “Two Tickets To Paradise”), and then again during the mid-1980s into the early-1990s (“Take Me Home Tonight”, “Walk On Water”, “Peace In Our Time”). “I’ll Get By” was Eddie’s last hit – a power ballad that was embraced by both Top 40 and Hot Adult Contemporary radio stations during late-1991 into early-1992. It was one of those Eddie Money songs that was played for a season, and then it quietly disappeared over time. You may not have heard it in over 30 years. That’s why I’m bringing it back – via the official music video:

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 35 years ago to February 1987. It’s the week that a long-running Australian band scored a # 1 smash on my chart that is one of my favorite songs of all-time that I still hear nearly every day on my iPod Shuffle that plays at my desk at my workplace. And I sing along to it every day. And I’ve probably played it more times than any other American, as it’s a virtual unknown song here in the U.S.A.

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 !

All rights reserved (c) 2022 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Bible Blogging Christian Church God Holidays Ministry Music Radio Scripture

My Top 10 Hits – Week 261

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 40+ years. Here’s this week’s chart:

COUNTUP FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY FEBRUARY 13TH 2022 WEEK 261
TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 14 Weary Traveler
[9TH week @ # 1]		 Jordan St. Cyr
2 3 10 Jesus Is Coming Back Jordan Feliz Ft. Mandisa & Jonathan Traylor
3 2 6 River Of Life Mac Powell
4 4 19 Come What May We Are Messengers
5 8 3 See Me Through It Brandon Heath
6 7 3 Holy Spirit Come Patrick Mayberry
7 9 3 Brighter Days Blessing Offor
8 6 7 Walking Free Micah Tyler
9 5 16 In The House Crowder
10 – 1 Sunday Sermons Anne Wilson

# 1 This Week In:
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “The God Who Stays” – Matthew West
2019 – “Maybe It’s OK” – We Are Messengers
2018 – “Gracefully Broken” – Matt Redman Ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY – (Or Saint Valentine’s Day.) Like most holidays it’s highly commercialized nowadays with cards, candy, roses, hugs, and kisses being exchanged, and restaurants filling-up for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It originated as a church holiday (going back over 1,500 years) – particularly in the Catholic and Lutheran church. Growing up in the Catholic church (and school) as a little kid in the early-to-mid-1970s I remember Saint Valentine’s Day as being quite the event on the calendar. You know I love Christian pop music, as there’s a lot of love in it – even when “Love” is not part of the title or chorus of the song. The overall theme of most of the songs on the radio is love, and the biggest station that plays them all – is K-LOVE. Our God created love. He is love. He commands us to love one another – on this day – and on every day.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice, but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Three things will last forever – faith, hope, and love – and the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7,13 NLT)

This blog is # 36 worldwide on the Top 80 Christian Music Blogs and Websites chart. Thank You for including us Feedspot !

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2022 Christopher M. Day, CountUp