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- "Someone's Looking at You" (PDF). RPM . Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "Banana Republic" (PDF). RPM . Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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- "I Don't Like Mondays" (in German). Gfk . Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "Banana Republic" (in German). Gfk . Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "Up All Night" (in German). Gfk . Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "House on Fire" (in German). Gfk . Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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