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- ↑ "New Reviews" (PDF). Gavin Report: 34. November 6, 1992.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1712." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. March 27, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ "McBride & the Ride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM . December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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