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- ↑ Breihan, Tom (May 13, 2020). "The Number Ones: Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl". Stereogum . Retrieved July 19, 2023.
"Speak To The Sky" is a weak oompah-fart bubblegum song, but it did well in the US...
- ↑ "Rick Springfield, "Speak to the Sky" Chart Positions" . Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Rick Springfield, Beginnings". Discogs . 1972. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Rick Springfield, "Speak to the Sky" Single Release" . Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1972". Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Lonnie Donegan, "Speak to the Sky" Single Release". Discogs . 1972. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
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