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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1991

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date September 17, 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. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday September 22ND 1991:

“Shiny Happy People” – R.E.M.
“I’ll Be There” – The Escape Club
“Wind Of Change” – The Scorpions
“It Hit Me Like A Hammer” – Huey Lewis And The News
“Every Heartbeat” – Amy Grant

For this edition of RETRO I wanted to highlight the one song on my Top 5 exactly 30 years ago that I don’t remember. It’s because I haven’t heard it since 30 years ago when it spent 19 weeks on my chart. I’m talking about The Escape Club’s “I’ll Be There”. You probably remember their biggest hit – “Wild Wild West” – from 1988. You may even remember its immediate follow-up hit – “Shake For The Sheik”. I remember both. But I seriously didn’t remember “I’ll Be There”. That is – until I went on YouTube to watch the music video for it.

Now I remember it. Good song. Good video. It’s almost like a pop anthem for that time-period. It can easily bring tears to your eyes. That was their final song. It was their 3RD of 3 Top 40 hits here stateside. They were a British band out of London England, but they never charted in the U.K. with any single or album. They did achieve some success “down under” in Australia and New Zealand.

I just bought the single on iTunes. YES – I still buy music. Now THAT’S RETRO !

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 35 years ago to September 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 !

Tags 1991, Music, Radio

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 239

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date September 13, 2021

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 MINISTRIES	FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH 2021	WEEK 239

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	9	Into The Wild [3RD week @ # 1]	Josh Baldwin
2	2	5	Thank You Lord	Chris Tomlin Ft. Thomas Rhett & Florida Georgia Line
3	5	9	What If	Matthew West
4	3	19	Yes He Can	Cain
5	4	7	House Of The Lord	Phil Wickham
6	6	7	Brand New	Coby James
7	7	23	Gospel Song	Rhett Walker
8	9	7	Sunday Morning Feeling	Apollo LTD Ft. Ryan Stevenson
9	10	3	Promises	Maverick City Music
10	–	1	Magnetic	Newsboys

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “God So Loved” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Who You Say I Am” – Hillsong Worship
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

NEWSBOYS IN – They were chart busting last week, and now they’re in. “Magnetic” is their 3RD hit on my chart – following-up “The Cross Has The Final Word” (# 6 in 2017) and “Greatness Of Our God” (# 1 in 2019). Newsboys have been around for as long as this chart has existed – 36 years. But I never really knew much about them or their music until this current era began in February of 2017. I’ve seen them headline in concert 3 times (2017, 2018, 2019). Their concert experience is at another level. Here’s the official music video for “Magnetic”:

CHART BUSTING just outside of my Top 10 this week is the new one from Crowder. “In The House” is his follow-up to his # 1 smash “God God Almighty”. Crowder is my # 7 artist of the past 4½ years, and this would be his 7TH hit on my chart.

Next Monday I’ll present my Top 10 hits of the Summer Of 2021 – from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend here in the U.S.A.

This blog is # 34 worldwide on the Top 80 Christian Music Blogs and Websites in 2021 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.

Tags Blog, Chart, Christian, KLOVE, Music, Radio

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1996

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date September 10, 2021

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday September 15TH 1996:

“Jellyhead” – Crush
“C’Mon N’ Ride It (The Train) – Quad City DJs
“Ooh Aah … Just A Little Bit” – Gina G
“This Is Your Night” – Amber
“Counting Blue Cars” – Dishwalla

All right let’s talk about the elephant in the room – Dishwalla’s “Counting Blue Cars”. First the facts. It spent 26 weeks in a row on my chart from July 1996 to January 1997. 18 of those 26 weeks were in my Top 10, 10 weeks were in my Top 5, 3 weeks were in my Top 3, and it peaked at # 2 for a single week. It was my # 6 hit of all of 1996 (out of 177 hits that charted). It spent over 11 months on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a long-running rock, alternative, pop, and hot adult contemporary smash, and it was even featured in a couple of movies – most notably “Empire Records” in 1995. (The story of “Empire Records” in itself is very interesting, and I could write a blog post just on that movie and its groundbreaking music.)

I’ll do that some day, but for now it’s the controversial “Counting Blue Cars”. It wasn’t controversial for me. I thought it was cool to hear a hard rock song on the radio that was about God. (This was a full decade before my salvation had started.) Apparently it was controversial for some Christians who objected to God being identified as a woman:

♫ Tell me all your thoughts on God
‘Cause I’d really like to meet her
And ask her why we’re who we are
Tell me all your thoughts on God
‘Cause I’m on my way to see her ♫

I can’t imagine ever getting upset about a song on the radio that refers to God as a her. The song was inspired by a young 10-year-old boy and his spiritual journey discovering and exploring God. Apparently Dishwalla and their lead singer even received death threats at the time from angry Christians. That’s not so Christ-like. Nowadays our God is mocked and ridiculed, and His followers are persecuted and discriminated against by the world. I don’t get angry about that. I pray about it. It’s in God’s hands. He’s in control.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 30 years ago to September 1991.

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, Dishwalla, Movies, Music, Radio

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 238

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date September 6, 2021

COUNTUP MINISTRIES	FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 05TH 2021	WEEK 238

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	8	Into The Wild [2ND week @ # 1]	Josh Baldwin
2	6	4	Thank You Lord	Chris Tomlin Ft. Thomas Rhett & Florida Georgia Line
3	4	18	Yes He Can	Cain
4	3	6	House Of The Lord	Phil Wickham
5	8	8	What If	Matthew West
6	5	6	Brand New	Coby James
7	7	22	Gospel Song	Rhett Walker
8	2	15	When We Fall Apart	Ryan Stevenson Ft. Vince Gill & Amy Grant
9	9	6	Sunday Morning Feeling	Apollo LTD Ft. Ryan Stevenson
10	10	2	Promises	Maverick City Music

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “Miracles” – Colton Dixon
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Who You Say I Am” – Hillsong Worship
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

TOMLIN & FRIENDS @ 2 – My # 3 artist over the past 4½ years scores his 6TH Top 3 hit on my chart (out of 7). It got off to a slow start last month, but it’s really grown on me over the past week. It’s certainly not your typical Chris Tomlin song. It’s not even your typical Chris Tomlin song with country musician friends. This one is pure country; yet it’s all about our Lord. #ThankYouLord

CHART BUSTING just outside of my Top 10 this week is the latest track from Newsboys. Their “Magnetic” is the lead-off single off their next album – “Stand” – which will be released on Friday October 01ST. “Magnetic” would be Newsboys’ 3RD hit on my chart.

This week’s chart is the 15TH and final chart of the Summer Of 2021 – from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend here in the U.S.A. 22 songs were on my chart over these past 15 weeks, and I’ll #CountUp the Top 10 hits of the summer on a special chart – 2 weeks from today on Monday September 20TH 2021.

This blog is # 34 worldwide on the Top 80 Christian Music Blogs and Websites in 2021 chart. Thank You for including us Feedspot !

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.