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931:. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. p. 228.
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297:Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
285:Top 100, and #1 on the Canadian
1538:You Can Have It (Take My Heart)
1182:"Top 100 Year End Charts: 1979"
929:Australian Chart Book 1970–1992
905:(in Spanish). December 12, 2012
1426:The Very Best of Robert Palmer
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834:Harrison, Ed (4 August 1979).
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552:Australia (Kent Music Report)
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1566:I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
1086:. 1979-09-29. Archived from
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16:1979 single by Robert Palmer
1524:Some Guys Have All the Luck
964:. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
899:"Tatiana — Un Alma Desnuda"
836:"Closeup: 'Robert Palmer –
732:"Week 31 (4 Augustus 1979)"
346:. Mexican-American singer
249:Shots from a Cold Nightmare
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255:Robert Palmer version
70:"Love Can Run Faster"
1587:Early in the Morning
1531:You Are in My System
1442:20th Century Masters
1418:Addictions: Volume 2
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309:Top 40 Singles Chart
292:Addictions: Volume 1
1580:Simply Irresistible
1482:Best of Both Worlds
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810:"09 September 1979"
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1475:Every Kinda People
1385:Live at the Apollo
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154:singles chronology
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