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- ↑ "I've Been Around Enough to Know". 45cat.com. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ Whitburn, pp. 370-371
- ↑ "Jo-El Sonnier Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "John Schneider Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
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