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- ↑ "Dwight Yoakam Hot Country Songs Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ↑ Price, Deborah Evans (May 9, 1998). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard . Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ↑ "CMT : Videos : Dwight Yoakam : Things Change". Country Music Television . Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3652." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. August 10, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Dwight Yoakam Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
