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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1990

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 18, 2020

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 December 16TH 1990:

“You’re Amazing” – Robert Palmer
“Disappear” – INXS
“Love Will Never Do Without You” – Janet Jackson
“After The Rain” – Nelson
“Impulsive” – Wilson Phillips

What a solid Top 5 chart that was exactly 30 years ago this weekend !

Robert Palmer scored a # 1 smash with his very underrated single “You’re Amazing”. It’s my 2ND-favorite song from him – 2ND to “Simply Irresistible” – which this song sounds a lot like. I’d love to purchase it online, but it is a rarity apparently. It’s not even on iTunes.

INXS and Janet Jackson held down the # 2 and # 3 spots with my favorite songs from each artist. I still love to hear them today. Nelson’s “After The Rain” is currently in heavy rotation on my iPod Shuffles that I listen to at the workplace. I hear it almost every day.

30 years ago this past week I drove from Homestead AFB Florida (where I still work today) to McLean Virginia (my parents’ home at the time and my home as a teenager). I departed the airbase at 3:35 AM on Sunday December 16TH 1990, and I arrived at my pitstop for the night – South Of The Border (along the North / South Carolina border) – at 3:37 PM. I drove 724.7 miles that day – averaging 60.2 MPH. I departed South Of The Border the next morning at 4:58 AM on Monday December 17TH 1990. I arrived at my parents’ home at 11:17 AM. I drove 378.3 miles that day – averaging 59.9 MPH. My 1,103-mile trek up the U.S. East Coast was complete, and I spent 10 days at home with my Mom, Dad, Brother, and Cats.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 35 years ago to December 1985. It was my first Christmas away from home in a foreign land …

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 200

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 14, 2020

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 – for the week ending Sunday December 13TH 2020:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	3	Every Step Of The Way	Cade Thompson
2	3	5	Image Of God	We Are Messengers
3	2	11	Jericho	Andrew Ripp
4	4	16	Rise Up (Lazarus)	Cain
5	7	5	Out Of My Hands	Jeremy Camp
6	8	10	Truth Be Told	Matthew West
7	–	4	Famous For (I Believe)	Tauren Wells
8	–	1	Man Of Your Word	Maverick City Music
9	9	3	Wake Up Sleeper	Austin French
10	10	3	Sparrows	Cory Asbury

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Dead Man Walking” – Jeremy Camp
2018 – “Well Done” – The Afters
2017 – “Control (Somehow You Want Me)” – Tenth Avenue North

Cade Thompson holds at # 1 for a 2ND week in a row with his debut smash “Every Step Of The Way”. It’s my 14TH # 1 smash of 2020, but will it be my final # 1 smash of the year ?

Cade is originally from Sioux Falls South Dakota, but now he calls Franklin Tennessee home. It’s a fast-growing southern suburb of Nashville. Cade is a big fan of TobyMac, and he would love to tour with him in the future. Their musical styles appear to be similar.

We Are Messengers are in familiar territory. Their 6TH hit in less than 4 years is now their 4TH Top 3 hit. “Image Of God” is based on the 27TH verse of the Bible from Genesis 1:

So God created human beings in His own image. In the image of God He created them. Male and female He created them.

This is not the end of the weekend here at #CountUp. I’ll have a special Tuesday blog post tomorrow, as I present my Top 20 hits of the past 200 weeks. None of my Top 10 hits above are on my cumulative Top 20 chart, but one is coming close. Cain’s “Rise Up (Lazarus)” is a couple of weeks away from becoming one of my Top 20 hits of this current era.

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1995

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 11, 2020

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday December 10TH 1995:

“Forever Tonight” – Peter Cetera & Crystal Bernard
“Back For Good” – Take That
“Til I Hear It From You” – Gin Blossoms
“Too Much Love Can Kill You” – Queen
“Free As A Bird” – The Beatles

The Beatles were the hottest band in the U.S. and the world when I was born in 1967, and they stayed that way until they broke up 3 years later. This track started as a raw 1977 recording by John Lennon. Paul, George, and Ringo got together in early-1994 to resurrect the recording and enhance it. Jeff Lynne produced it (requested by George). The result was the first new Beatles song in 25 years – and a Top 10 smash on the U.S. pop chart exactly 15 years after John’s death. It was a smash all across North America, Europe, and Australia / New Zealand.

When I rediscovered ’60s and ’70s music on the radio starting in 2010 I started enjoying the music of The Beatles all over again. I’ve actually got 28 Beatles songs in my iTunes library. My most-played songs are “Hello Goodbye”, “Lady Madonna”, and “Penny Lane”.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 30 years ago to December 1990.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday with 3 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 199

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 7, 2020

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	8	2	Every Step Of The Way	Cade Thompson
2	1	10	Jericho	Andrew Ripp
3	5	4	Image Of God	We Are Messengers
4	4	15	Rise Up (Lazarus)	Cain
5	2	14	No Hold On Me	Matty Mullins
6	3	14	This Is What We Live For	Big Daddy Weave
7	7	4	Out Of My Hands	Jeremy Camp
8	6	9	Truth Be Told	Matthew West
9	9	2	Wake Up Sleeper	Austin French
10	10	2	Sparrows	Cory Asbury

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Dead Man Walking” – Jeremy Camp
2018 – “Even Then” – Micah Tyler
2017 – “Control (Somehow You Want Me)” – Tenth Avenue North

Well that was quick. Mr. Andrew Ripp drops to # 2 this week after just a single week at # 1. “Jericho” is the first # 1 smash in 20 months to only spend 1 week at # 1. (The last to do so was “Greatness Of Our God” from Newsboys.)

Newcomer Cade Thompson is now the 4TH artist in a row to secure the # 1 spot with his very first hit (following Cain, Matty Mullins, and Andrew Ripp). All 4 artists with their respective # 1 hits occupy 4 out of my Top 5 spots this week.

Last week I featured the Official Lyric Video of Cade’s “Every Step Of The Way”. This week it’s Cade in his own voice and words explaining the meaning “behind the song”. Check it out below, or on Cade’s YouTube site.

♫ Every step of the way
You’ve been – You’ll be
Working everything for the best of me
So I’ll trust in who You are

Every step of the way
You’ve been – You’ll be
Fighting and writing Your love in my story
You’ve held my heart
Every step of the way ♫

I love how this song sounds, and I love its lyrics. It’s Cade proclaiming his trust and love for Christ – because of what Christ has done for him – “Every Step Of The Way”.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 5 new entries on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and a special edition on Tuesday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.

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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.