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- ↑ "Music Video Breakdown: 'Straight To My Feet' By MC Hammer And Deion Sanders". October 15, 2013.
- ↑ Kangas, Chaz (April 4, 2014). "Jean-Claude Van Damme's Finest Musical Moments". The Village Voice.