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- 1 2 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > 49ers (singles)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Girl to Girl": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 18 January 2017". Imgur.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ "swedishcharts.com > 49ers - 49ers (album)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Italian Chart - 49ers". hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ↑ German peaks [ dead link ]
- ↑ Search for Irish peaks
- ↑ Swedish peaks
- ↑ Swiss peaks
- 1 2 Allmusic peaks
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