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- ↑ "Official Singles Chart: 3 July 1983 - 9 July 1983". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ↑ Breihan, Tom (November 3, 2021). "The Number Ones: Surface's "The First Time". Stereogum . Retrieved December 19, 2023.
...[the band] released their debut single, a deeply repetitive 10-minute disco odyssey called "Falling In Love," in 1983.
- 1 2 "Chart History - HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS". Billboard. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
