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{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1520." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. May 18, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM . December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
