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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 30, 1973
- ↑ "Svenska hits" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedtabas. 2002. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
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