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- ↑ ARIA End of Year Singles Charts 1993 Accessed 18 August 2008
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- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 260.
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