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- ↑ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th ed, 2000
- 1 2 Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 215. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ↑ "Brainwashed - MC Brainz | Releases". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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