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- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2503." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. June 13, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ↑ "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM . December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1994: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
