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- ↑ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company .
- ↑ "The UK's highest charting Eurovision stars revealed!" . Retrieved 2015-05-10.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I'm Never Giving Up". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
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