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- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 8, 2013" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Matt Simons – With You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2013". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 2013". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 1, 2020.