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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1991

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 20, 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 August 18TH 1991:

“Just Like You” – Robbie Nevil
“Every Heartbeat” – Amy Grant
“The Dream Is Still Alive” – Wilson Phillips
“Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)” – Roxette
“Unbelievable” – EMF

If you read my blog post yesterday then you’ll know that exactly 30 years ago this weekend I was at sea in the Caribbean for the first time ever with my family. This is the chart that I produced just before my family arrived here in Miami.

Amy Grant is currently at # 1 on my chart as a featured artist with her husband Vince Gill on Ryan Stevenson’s tribute song to his mom – “When We Fall Apart”. Back in the early-1990s Amy was one of the hottest stars on the pop chart with 5 big hits in a row from her quintuple-platinum album “Heart In Motion” – including her 2ND hit “Every Heartbeat” – which would eventually ascend to # 1 on my chart.

Here’s the official music video for “Every Heartbeat”:

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 35 years ago to August 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 235

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 16, 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 AUGUST 15TH 2021	WEEK 235

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	2	12	When We Fall Apart [1ST week @ # 1]	Ryan Stevenson Ft. Vince Gill & Amy Grant
2	4	3	House Of The Lord	Phil Wickham
3	1	19	Gospel Song	Rhett Walker
4	3	15	Yes He Can	Cain
5	5	5	Into The Wild	Josh Baldwin
6	6	5	What If	Matthew West
7	–	1	Thank You Lord	Chris Tomlin Ft. Thomas Rhett & Florida Georgia Line
8	10	3	Brand New	Coby James
9	9	6	My Jesus	Anne Wilson
10	–	1	Joyful	Dante Bowe

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “There Was Jesus” – Zach Williams Ft. Dolly Parton
2019 – “Raise A Hallelujah” – Bethel Music
2018 – “Dream Small” – Josh Wilson
2017 – “Wonder” – Hillsong United

NEW # 1 – Ryan Stevenson’s 6TH of 7 hits since 2017 is now his 2ND # 1 smash on my chart, as “When We Fall Apart” completes its slow 3-month climb from # 5 to # 1. He originally released this single solo in October 2019 on the 10TH anniversary of the passing of his mom from bone cancer. The words of the song are the last words his mom spoke to him. Over a year later in March 2021 the single was redone and reissued – this time with country music legend Vince Gill and mainstream and Christian pop music star Amy Grant (Vince’s wife of the past 21 years). Here’s the official music video:

TOMLIN @ # 7 – Chris Tomlin is back with his 7TH hit since 2017, and he brings back Thomas Rhett with him. He also introduces Florida Georgia Line to my chart for the first time ever. Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley are #FGL, and they’ve enjoyed a long string of hits at country music radio over the past 10 years. Some of them have even crossed-over onto the mainstream pop charts. This is their first appearance at Christian music radio.

This blog is # 74 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 August 13, 2021

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

“Jellyhead” – Crush
“Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand” – Primitive Radio Gods
“Ooh Aah … Just A Little Bit” – Gina G
“This Is Your Night” – Amber
“C’Mon N’ Ride It (The Train) – Quad City DJs

Good music during the Summer of ’96. Fun season when I was 29.

The “Motiv8 Pumphouse Remix” of “Jellyhead” from British girl duo Crush was a regional pop hit here in South Florida. It spent 8 weeks in a row at # 1 on my chart, and it was the 10TH biggest hit of the entire year. I still hear it almost every day at work, as it’s in heavy rotation on my iPod Shuffles that play at my desk at my workplace. It’s aged wonderfully over these past 25 years. I still consider it to be one of the greatest ’90s HI-NRG Eurodance tracks ever made.

At the movie theatre I saw “Kingpin” and “A Very Brady Sequel” 25 years ago this month.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 30 years ago to August 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, Movies, Music, Radio

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 234

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 9, 2021

COUNTUP MINISTRIES	FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY AUGUST 08TH 2021	WEEK 234

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	18	Gospel Song [2ND week @ # 1]	Rhett Walker
2	4	11	When We Fall Apart	Ryan Stevenson Ft. Vince Gill & Amy Grant
3	3	14	Yes He Can	Cain
4	10	2	House Of The Lord	Phil Wickham
5	5	4	Into The Wild	Josh Baldwin
6	6	4	What If	Matthew West
7	2	11	Be Alright	Evan Craft X Danny Gokey X Redimi2
8	7	10	Until Grace	Tauren Wells Ft. Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts
9	8	5	My Jesus	Anne Wilson
10	9	2	Brand New	Coby James

HUGE CLIMBER – With such a tight Top 10 chart very rarely do songs move up (or down) more than 2 or 3 notches in a single week, but Phil Wickham’s “House Of The Lord” does more than that – surging 6 notches from # 10 to # 4. It really feels like a future # 1 smash on my chart (and the national charts as well). It’s currently Top 15 nationwide where it’s rapidly increasing plays on the radio.

CHART BUSTING just outside of my Top 10 this week is the brand new radio single from one of my favorite bands – We Are Messengers. It’s poised to enter my chart as their 7TH hit since 2017. The song reminds us that in every high – in every low – on mountain tops – down broken roads – He is still our rock. Our hope remains. We can rest in the arms of Jesus. “Come What May”.

Here’s the official music video for “Come What May” – featuring Darren Mulligan praising and worshiping our Lord our Shepherd on scenic Glencolumbkille Beach on the northwest coast of Ireland:

This blog is # 74 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.