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- ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 08 Oct 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved July 6, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- ↑ "'IKE' frontman John Faye on musical failures, successes, new band members, and the Philly rock scene".
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