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My Top 10 Hits – Week 308

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 9, 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 January 08TH 2023 – the 308TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	12	Who I Am [5TH week @ # 1]	Ben Fuller
2	6	4	First Things First	Consumed By Fire
3	5	21	New Creation	Mac Powell
4	3	15	Love Me Like I Am	for King & Country Ft. Jordin Sparks
5	2	18	Miracle Power	We The Kingdom
6	4	12	Then Christ Came	MercyMe
7	8	6	I See Grace	Micah Tyler
8	9	4	My Story Your Glory	Matthew West
9	10	2	For The Love Of God	Andrew Ripp
10	–	1	Gratitude	Brandon Lake

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Weary Traveler” – Jordan St. Cyr
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “Holy Water” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Well Done” – The Afters
2018 – “Lions” – Skillet

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023 – After a 1-week hiatus due to “My Top 22 Of 2022” chart last week – I am back with my 2ND new weekly chart of 2023 – and 1ST to be published online. 2023 will mark the 6TH anniversary of my chart since the restart / resurgence in February 2017. This is the 3RD era of my chart. The 1ST era was born in The United Kingdom in November 1985. The 2ND era started in October 1995 – 3 years after the 1ST era ended. I enjoy compiling my weekly chart. It continues a lifetime hobby that started when I was a kid growing up in Lanham Maryland – listening to Casey Kasem on “American Top 40” and following along via the pages of Billboard Magazine.

FIRST THINGS FIRST – Consumed By Fire are at # 2 this week – surging 4 notches from # 6 last week. 2 weeks ago it appeared to be stalled-out at # 10. It kind of got lost in the shuffle during the couple of weeks leading-up to Christmas when Christmas music consumed the radio airwaves. Once December 26TH hit – the surge was on for this truly remarkable hymn to our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ.

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.

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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 – 2008

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 6, 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 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday January 06TH 2008:

“The Minor Prophets” – Haste The Day
“Wolves” – Chasing Victory
“Ra-Random” – Transistor Radio
“When Hope Is All You Have” – Spoken
“Staring At The Light” – The Wedding

15 years ago is now 2008, and all this year on the 1ST Friday of the month I’ll look back at this breakthrough year of my fantastic journey in Christ – my 2ND year as part of my original church family.

Christian Rock ruled my weekly chart (a Top 25) during this era – some if it “emo screamo” rock for God. One of the bands that I liked back then were Spoken out of Nashville Tennessee – not to be confused with today’s Unspoken.

Spoken hit 3 times on my chart with “Time After Time” (# 6 in 2006), “When Hope Is All You Have” (# 3 in 2008), and “Trading In This Troubled Heart” (# 11 in 2008). Their 2008 songs were from their self-titled 2007 album. “Time After Time” is what you may think it is – a cover of the classic Cyndi Lauper song. I hear it almost every day. It’s in heavy rotation on my iPod Shuffles that (still) play at my desk at my workplace. It’s actually accumulated 1,185 plays over the past 15½ years !

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 20 years ago to January 2003. It’s when a Divine Inspiration led the way.

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 22 Hits – 2022

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 2, 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. But this week it’s a special – My Top 22 Hits of 2022:

RK	PK	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	27	See Me Through It	Brandon Heath
2	1	26	Sunday Sermons	Anne Wilson
3	1	20	Good Morning Mercy	Jason Crabb
4	1	25	Brighter Days	Blessing Offor
5	1	19	New Creation	Mac Powell
6	2	21	Thank God For Sunday Morning	Cochren & Co.
7	1	18	Hold You Tight	Dan Bremnes
8	1	15	Weary Traveler	Jordan St. Cyr
9	2	16	Fill My Cup	Andrew Ripp
10	1	13	Ain’t Nobody	Cody Carnes
11	1	14	Me On Your Mind	Matthew West
12	1	13	Love Is Everything We Need	Unspoken
13	1	14	Jesus Is Coming Back	Jordan Feliz Ft. Mandisa & Jonathan Traylor
14	1	17	Egypt	Cory Asbury
15	1	10	Who I Am	Ben Fuller
16	2	12	Holy Spirit Come	Patrick Mayberry
17	2	16	Miracle Power	We The Kingdom
18	2	10	Come What May	We Are Messengers
19	2	13	Love Me Like I Am	for King & Country Ft. Jordin Sparks
20	1	9	Wonder Working	All Creatures
21	1	10	Getting Started	Jeremy Camp
22	4	14	Build A Boat	Colton Dixon

# 1 For The Year In:
2021 – “Fires” – Jordan St. Cyr
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

BRANDON HEATH – His 2ND single on my chart (and 1ST since 2017) finished as my longest-running hit of 2022 – and my # 1 smash overall. It entered my chart early in the year – on my 5TH chart of 2022 at the end of January. It stayed on through the end of July – peaking at # 1 for 2 weeks right in the middle of its chart life in April.

JORDAN ST. CYR – His “Weary Traveler” was my # 8 hit of 2022. He had my # 1 smash overall of 2021 – “Fires”. Both songs are from his self-titled album. Jordan is 1 of 5 artists who were also on My Top 21 Of 2021 chart a year ago to include Matthew West, We The Kingdom, Jeremy Camp, and We Are Messengers. In fact – We Are Messengers were on both end-of-year charts with the same song – “Come What May”. It was # 20 overall in 2021 and # 18 overall in 2022.

MATTHEW WEST – My # 1 artist of the past 306 weeks with 8 songs and 145 weeks on my chart – Matthew West – makes it 6 years in a row on my year-end chart. This year he did it with “Me On Your Mind”. I preached a sermon to my church family yesterday that was based on his 2020 hit – “The God Who Stays”. That was my # 7 hit overall of 2020.

CONCLUSION – My Top 22 Of 2022 chart was compiled by awarding 10 points for each week at # 1, 9 points for # 2, and so forth and so on down to 1 point for # 10. The points were then added, and the hits were ranked. 56 songs charted in 2022. There were 15 # 1 hits, and they all made it onto my chart above. It was a great year for positive and encouraging music on the radio that told the story of God and gave Him all of the glory. What a great chart to represent His music. Let’s continue to praise and worship Him as we go forth into 2023.

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 – 1988

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 30, 2022

It’s the 5TH Friday of the month, so I go back 35 years ago (since last week was a special). Here it is – for the week ending Sunday January 03RD 1988:

“Crazy” – Icehouse
“Don’t Shed A Tear” – Paul Carrack
“What Have I Done To Deserve This ?” – Pet Shop Boys With Dusty Springfield
“True Faith” – New Order
“Need You Tonight” – INXS

With this edition of #RetroFriday from 35 years ago I leave 1987 behind and enter 1988. It was an unusual year of pop music for me. It was largely a rerun of 1987 in that a lot of the hits that arrived stateside were already hits in Great Britain (where I lived) the year before. Many songs – especially early-on in 1988 – were spending over 20, 30, and even 40 weeks on my chart, as their chart runs were either a continuation or a resumption of their chart runs in 1987.

Longtime Australian band Icehouse scored a surprise # 1 smash on my first chart of 1988, and it was not a British rerun. It was their U.S. breakthrough hit at Top 40 radio and on the mainstream pop charts. Here’s the video that tells a “Crazy” story:

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 15 years ago to January 2008. It’s when a Nashville Tennessee “Tooth & Nail” band were near the top of my chart with 1 of their 3 hits.

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 1987, Music, Radio