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- ↑ "Original versions of Misery Loves Company by Jerry Reed | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 366.
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