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- ↑ "Interview with Jim Peterik about 'The Search Is Over'". Songfacts.com. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ↑ "Music: Top 100 Songs". Billboard . Retrieved 2015-06-13.
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- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 301. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. T-21.
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