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- ↑ Transcription from "The Garth Brooks Story" (1995)
- ↑ Garth Brooks - The Hits: transcription from the CD booklet (bar code 7-2438-29689-2-4)
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1421." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. January 26, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM . December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ↑ Garth Brooks song 'Unanswered Prayers' to become Lifetime movie
