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- ↑ Parisien, Roch; Thom Jurek. "Homeward Looking Angel". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1871." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. December 5, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ "Pam Tillis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM . December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
