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References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 20.
- ↑ "Top 200 Club Chart – 2000 Year End". Billboard. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ Cher – When the Money's Gone/Love One Another
- ↑ "When The Money's Gone Single".
- ↑ Cher – When the Money's Gone/Love One Another
- ↑ "When The Money's Gone Single".
- ↑ If You Could Read My Mind (UK 12-inch vinyl disc). Stars on 54. Tommy Boy Records. 1998. TB 497.
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