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1326:Hello Again
1277:Shake It Up
1249:Double Life
1115:Shake It Up
1055:Greg Hawkes
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776:Kent, David
741:. AllMusic.
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399:Australia (
338:Shake It Up
299:transcribed
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277:Composition
240:from their
205:Music video
137:Producer(s)
1627:1985 songs
1621:Categories
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1062:Ric Ocasek
907:August 20,
760:18 October
756:. AllMusic
723:2022-08-02
566:References
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271:Ric Ocasek
265:Background
129:Ric Ocasek
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522:Billboard
515:Position
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455:Billboard
394:position
303:Steve Vai
289:, with a
253:Billboard
1605:Category
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1463:Panorama
1382:Sad Song
1235:Let's Go
1108:Panorama
1094:The Cars
1036:The Cars
987:Cash Box
901:Cash Box
778:(1993).
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684:cite web
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524:Hot 100
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238:the Cars
157:The Cars
144:The Cars
87:New wave
73:Released
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457:Hot 100
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