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- ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard . 5 February 2000. p. 88.
- ↑ [http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Irish Charts - All You Need to Know
- ↑ "Nu Generation - In Your Arms (Rescue Me)". lescharts.com. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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