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- ↑ "Razzy Bailey Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits." (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 ( ISBN 0-82-307553-2))
- She Left Love All Over Me at Allmusic.