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- ↑ Lorrie Morgan Hot Country Songs Chart History
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3200." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. May 5, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Lorrie Morgan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
