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- ↑ "Laura and The Lovers – ,,Little By Little". Delfi TV. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ↑ ""Laura and the Lovers" – "little by little" ir vėl paskutiniai!". Eurovisija (in Lithuanian). 28 January 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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