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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1988

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 28, 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 4TH Friday of the month, so I go back 35 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday May 01ST 1988:

“I Should Be So Lucky” – Kylie Minogue
“Always On My Mind” – Pet Shop Boys
“Together Forever” – Rick Astley
“You Don’t Know” – Scarlett And Black
“Shattered Dreams” – Johnny Hates Jazz

At the very end of 1987 – exactly 6 weeks after I left The United Kingdom after living and working there for 2 years as an 18, 19, and 20-year-old – an unsuspecting HI-NRG pop song entered the U.K. pop charts way down near the bottom of it. By late-February of 1988 – “I Should Be So Lucky” was a # 1 smash, and it stayed there for 5 weeks. It became one of the best-selling singles in the U.K. in 1988. Its success continued on pop charts worldwide including here stateside, and it kicked-off the music career of Ms. Kylie Minogue – which continues to this day. Kylie was 19 when she recorded and released the single, and I admit it – I had a crush on her back then when I was 20 and 21.

“I Should Be So Lucky” (and Rick Astley’s “Together Forever”) were products of the #SAW (Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman) hit music factory of the mid-to-late-1980s and into the early-1990s. They wrote and produced over 100 U.K. Top 40 hits during that era. They created Eurodance before we even knew what Eurodance was. I was a big fan of their sound, and I still enjoy it to this day.

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 15 years ago to the start of May 2008. It’s when Sonny was addicted.

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 1988, Kylie, Minogue, Music, Radio

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 323

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 24, 2023

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 nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday April 23RD 2023 – the 323RD week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	14	The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours) [9TH week @ # 1]	Matt Maher
2	2	12	I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus)	Jon Reddick
3	3	19	My Story Your Glory	Matthew West
4	4	21	I See Grace	Micah Tyler
5	6	8	This Is Our God	Phil Wickham
6	7	4	Easy To Praise	Patrick Mayberry
7	8	4	Fingerprints	Dan Bremnes
8	9	2	Desert Road	Casting Crowns
9	10	4	Cornerstone	TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
10	–	1	Thank God I Do	Lauren Daigle

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “See Me Through It” – Brandon Heath
2021 – “Fires” – Jordan St. Cyr
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Greatness Of Our God” – Newsboys
2018 – “Freedom Hymn” – Austin French
2017 – “Even If” – MercyMe

DAN BREMNES – My #PickHitOfTheWeek is the one song that I’d like to hear more on the radio, as once I do – the song should climb into the top tier of my chart. I’d like to hear “Fingerprints” more on K-LOVE and The JOY-FM. It’s got a cool quirky upbeat sound to it, and its lyrics glorify our God. I like its chorus:

When you see love – leave a mark
Healin’ broken hearts
You see chains fall apart
You see hope rise from the dark
It’s so much more than ordinary
It’s nothing less than extraordinary
It’s the fingerprints of God

3 weeks ago – I featured its official lyric video. Since then – Dan has released the official music video. Check it out, and sing along to God:

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 4 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #RetroFriday, #SundayScripture, and #Top10Monday.

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 our 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, Chart, Christian, God, Jesus, KLOVE, Music, Radio, TheJoyFM, WayFM, WGTS, Z883

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1998

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 21, 2023

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

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 322

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

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 nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday April 16TH 2023 – the 322ND week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	13	The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours) [8TH week @ # 1]	Matt Maher
2	4	11	I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus)	Jon Reddick
3	3	18	My Story Your Glory	Matthew West
4	2	20	I See Grace	Micah Tyler
5	5	9	Running Home	Cochren & Co.
6	6	7	This Is Our God	Phil Wickham
7	7	3	Easy To Praise	Patrick Mayberry
8	8	3	Fingerprints	Dan Bremnes
9	–	1	Desert Road	Casting Crowns
10	10	3	Cornerstone	TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “See Me Through It” – Brandon Heath
2021 – “Good God Almighty” – Crowder
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Confidence” – Sanctus Real
2018 – “Freedom Hymn” – Austin French
2017 – “I Have This Hope” – Tenth Avenue North

CASTING CROWNS – My favorite band from McDonough Georgia are back on my chart after a nearly 2½-year hiatus – since “Start Right Here” towards the end of 2020. “Desert Road” is from their album “Healer”, and it’s their first song from that album to hit my chart. “Scars In Heaven” is also from that album, but it stalled just outside of my Top 10. “Crazy People” is a fun song from the album that received airplay on some Christian radio stations. They perform that song towards the end of all of their concerts, and it’s an audience favorite to get crazy with.

“Desert Road” has been playing at some Christian radio stations for almost a year now; although, it’s a recent add at #CountUp favorite K-LOVE. Every time I hear it – I like it more. When they performed it LIVE in concert this past Thursday night – I was singing along with them from 7 rows back.

Be blessed my friends ! May our 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.