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- ↑ "German peak positions". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ↑ Italian peak for "1,2,3" = Italian peak for "I Love The Sun"- type: year 96, day 20/07l Italian peak for "The Man I Never Had" Musica e Dischi n. 612 - September 1998 - year LIV - Charts 18/24.8.1998
- ↑ Netherlands, 2008 peak position
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