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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1991

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 19, 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 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 30 years ago. That would be for the week ending Sunday February 17TH 1991, but I didn’t do a chart that week – or for any week in 1991 yet. I finally found some downtime in the desert, and my very first chart of the year was for the week ending Sunday February 24TH 1991. I compiled it and wrote it down on loose-leaf paper from my tent in the middle of “Tent City” at Al Kharj Air Base Saudi Arabia. I actually did a Top 40 that week (and every week thereafter). Here’s my Top 5:

“High Enough” – Damn Yankees
“Without You” – Mötley Crüe
“Ice Ice Baby” – Vanilla Ice
“It Must Have Been Love” – Roxette
“The Heart Of The Matter” – Don Henley

As I wrote last month on the January 1991 edition of RETRO during Operations Desert Shield & Storm we had limited access to hit music on the radio. We only had a few stations to listen to via AFRTS (American Forces Radio & Television Service). “Eagle Radio 103 / 105 / 107” was picked-up out of Riyadh – about 65 miles away. My Top 40 chart was based on that limited radio. It was heavily based on private airplay from cassettes (mostly bootleg) that were sold on base. Also my tentmates played their favorite music – some of which I liked.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 35 years ago to February 1986.

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 !

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 209

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 15, 2021

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 – this week’s chart:

COUNTUP MINISTRIES

WEEK ENDING SUNDAY FEBRUARY 14TH 2021

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	12	Every Step Of The Way	Cade Thompson
2	2	14	Out Of My Hands	Jeremy Camp
3	3	19	Truth Be Told	Matthew West
4	6	5	Say I Won’t	MercyMe
5	7	4	Less Like Me	Zach Williams
6	4	8	Another In The Fire	Hillsong United
7	5	12	Sparrows	Cory Asbury
8	8	4	Fires	Jordan St. Cyr
9	9	3	Next To Me	Jordan Feliz
10	10	2	Battle Belongs	Phil Wickham

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “The God Who Stays” – Matthew West
2019 – “Maybe It’s OK” – We Are Messengers
2018 – “Gracefully Broken” – Matt Redman Ft. Tasha C. Leonard
2017 – “Love Broke Thru” – Toby Mac

It is the 4TH anniversary of the unexpected start of the 3RD era of my weekly hit music chart. At the start of 2010 the longest consecutive era of my chart came to a slow and bitter end after a little over 14 years. Fast forward to almost exactly 7 years later, and I attended my 2ND TobyMac concert up in Tallahassee Florida. If you’ve ever been to a TobyMac concert then you know that while Toby is the headliner – there are 4 or 5 other veteran and emerging artists on the bill that put on great sets. A typical TobyMac concert is about a 4-hour experience, and it’s hard to wind down and go to sleep after all of that energy in the arena. That 4-hour experience in 2017 was one part of the resurrection of my chart that weekend. The other part is that I discovered K-LOVE – the national Christian hit music radio station that weekend. I’ve been listening nonstop ever since.

TobyMac’s “Love Broke Thru” was my # 1 smash on that very first chart back after 7 years. Exactly 2 years later We Are Messengers were at # 1 with their smash “Maybe It’s OK”. That occurred at my 3RD TobyMac show.

Last night I was at my 4TH TobyMac show at the BB&T Center in Sunrise Florida, and We Are Messengers were 1 of the veteran artists on the bill. I’ll write all about it on a future Thursday post here on my blog.

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, Radio

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1996

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 12, 2021

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

“When I Come Around” – Green Day
“You Oughta Know” – Alanis Morissette
“Hand In My Pocket” – Alanis Morissette
“Close To You” – Fun Factory
“Be My Lover” – La Bouche

Punk Pop and Eurodance topped my hit music chart exactly 25 years ago. After struggling a bit during the Grunge era of the early-1990s Top 40 Radio was on fire during the mid-1990s here in the U.S., and I was part of that fun scene. I loved the Eurodance feel, and I could listen to it all day. That Fun Factory song – “Close To You” – was one of the best of them all – and also one of the fastest as far as BPM (beats-per-minute) was concerned. It clocked-in at over 120 BPM – perhaps even closer to 130 BPM. I danced to it a few times in the clubs. I got quite the workout !

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 30 years ago to February 1991. I was serving in Operation Desert Storm at the time in Saudi Arabia, but I managed to produce a hit music chart over there on the pink desert sands.

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 10 Hits – Week 208

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 8, 2021

COUNTUP MINISTRIES

WEEK ENDING SUNDAY FEBRUARY 07TH 2021

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	11	Every Step Of The Way	Cade Thompson
2	3	13	Out Of My Hands	Jeremy Camp
3	2	18	Truth Be Told	Matthew West
4	5	7	Another In The Fire	Hillsong United
5	4	11	Sparrows	Cory Asbury
6	6	4	Say I Won’t	MercyMe
7	7	3	Less Like Me	Zach Williams
8	8	3	Fires	Jordan St. Cyr
9	9	2	Next To Me	Jordan Feliz
10	–	1	Battle Belongs	Phil Wickham

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “The God Who Stays” – Matthew West
2019 – “Maybe It’s OK” – We Are Messengers
2018 – “Gracefully Broken” – Matt Redman Ft. Tasha C. Leonard

It looks like Matthew West has been denied the top spot for just the 2ND time in his past 5 hits. His “Truth Be Told” slips a notch this week to # 3 after 5 weeks in a row at # 2. His “All In” was denied the top spot back in June 2018 by Elevation Worship’s “Do It Again” – which turned out to be the # 1 smash of the entire year of 2018. This year it’s Cade Thompson’s “Every Step Of The Way” – which spends its 10TH week in a row as my # 1 smash. It looks like it could be my # 1 smash of the entire year of 2021 !

Here’s the brand new official music video for “Every Step Of The Way”. You can view it below or via this YouTube link.

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.