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- ↑ Chris LeDoux Hot Country Songs Chart History
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ↑ Billboard , August 15, 1992
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1893." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. October 10, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ "Chris LeDoux Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM . December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
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