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- ↑ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- 1 2 Kansas Billboard chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Reviews". Billboard. November 1, 1986. p. 71. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. November 1, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 133.
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