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1633:Homecoming
1527:Hey Monday
1148:References
1124:Scott Hull
1096:– producer
1061:Rob Mathes
1000:Hey Monday
918:Hey Monday
901:Hey Monday
878:Hey Monday
836:Hey Monday
833:"6 Months"
822:Hey Monday
799:Hey Monday
773:Hey Monday
756:Hey Monday
733:Hey Monday
707:Hey Monday
681:Hey Monday
650:Hey Monday
642:Homecoming
615:Hey Monday
585:Hey Monday
285:Katy Perry
265:Scott Hull
248:Production
242:Hey Monday
203:Homecoming
146:chronology
144:Hey Monday
125:Decaydance
74:Abbey Road
42:Hey Monday
1488:0006-2510
1480:Billboard
1444:Billboard
1300:August 8,
1153:Citations
1110:(track 5)
1055:Dave Katz
1044:(track 5)
1038:(track 9)
987:Personnel
972:position
957:Billboard
950:position
921:Hollander
881:Hollander
861:Writer(s)
802:Hollander
793:"Arizona"
776:Hollander
736:Hollander
710:Hollander
701:"Candles"
684:Hollander
675:"Obvious"
653:Hollander
618:Hollander
594:Dave Katz
579:"Set Off"
568:Writer(s)
518:(8.4/10)
341:Reception
1424:March 3,
1353:July 31,
1243:July 23,
1171:AllMusic
536:AllMusic
378:Allmusic
132:Producer
121:Columbia
93:pop punk
76:, London
57:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
1664:Related
1654:Candles
1625:Singles
1471:Sources
1384:June 2,
1374:Melodic
1327:June 2,
1274:May 30,
1264:Melodic
1023:– drums
753:"Josey"
321:on the
302:Release
186:Singles
172:(2010)
163:(2008)
89:Emo pop
1486:
1139:
938:Charts
930:
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864:Length
571:Length
359:Rating
356:Source
99:Length
65:Studio
955:U.S.
858:Title
565:Title
240:band
188:from
116:Label
84:Genre
1484:ISSN
1426:2022
1386:2017
1355:2017
1329:2017
1302:2017
1276:2017
1245:2017
1204:link
970:Peak
948:Peak
924:Katz
884:Katz
839:3:37
825:3:07
811:3:37
805:Katz
785:3:07
779:Katz
759:3:19
745:3:43
739:Katz
719:2:55
713:Katz
693:3:29
687:Katz
667:3:58
656:Katz
632:3:18
621:Katz
601:3:27
520:link
509:link
447:link
410:link
371:link
369:75%
333:and
287:and
238:rock
1595:EPs
980:71
962:11
909:14.
895:13.
869:12.
854:No.
830:11.
816:10.
561:No.
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