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- ↑ "RPM Country Tracks for August 29, 1987". RPM. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Highway 101 Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2021.