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- ↑ As played on the Weekend 22 on the weekend of January 7, 2007
- ↑ "Jeremy Camp Chart History (Hot Christian Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Hot Christian Singles and Tracks Titles Year-end (2006)". Billboard.biz . Billboard. 25 December 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ↑ "Hot Christian AC Decade-end (2000s)". Billboard.biz . Billboard. 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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