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- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7308." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. October 25, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Lee Ann Womack Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Lee Ann Womack Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999". RPM . December 13, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1999: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
