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Top Songs of 1940


1939 <-1940-> 1941

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1.1940
Tuxedo Junction by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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205
US ✫1[Bluebird 10612]
2.1940
The Woodpecker Song by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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194
US ✫1[Bluebird 10598]
written by Eldo Di Lazzaro & Harold Adamson
3.1940
When You Wish upon a Star by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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184
US ✫1[Bluebird 10570]
written by Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
4.1940
Careless by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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183
US ✫1[Bluebird 10520]
5.08/1940
Frenesi by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra 

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176
US ✫1written by Alberto Dominguez
I'll Never Smile Again6.07/1940
I'll Never Smile Again by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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175
US ✫1vocals by Frank Sinatra
written by Ruth Lowe
7.09/1940
Only Forever by Bing Crosby 

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174
US ✫1[Decca 3300]
written by James V. Monaco & Johnny Burke
8.07/1940
Sierra Sue by Bing Crosby 

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173
US ✫1[Decca 3133]
written by Joseph Buell Carey
9.06/1940
Make-Believe Island by Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions in Music 

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173
US ✫1written by Will Grosz, Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny
10.07/1940
The Breeze and I by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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172
US ✫1vocals by Bob Eberly
written by Ernesto Lecuona & Al Stillman
11.07/1940
Where Was I? by Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra 

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172
US ✫1
12.1940
Imagination by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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171
US ✫1[Bluebird 10622]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
13.1940
Blueberry Hill by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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164
US ✫1[Bluebird 10768]
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock
14.1940
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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162
US ✫1[Bluebird 10728]
written by Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer
15.09/1940
Maybe by The Ink Spots 

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147
US 2[Decca 3258]
16.09/1940
Trade Winds by Bing Crosby 

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146
US 2[Decca 3299]
written by Cliff Friend & Charles Tobias
17.09/1940
Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar) Parts I & II by Will Bradley and His Orchestra 

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146
US 2featuring Ray McKinley & Freddie Slack
written by Don Raye, Hughie Prince & Eleanore Sheehy
18.04/1940
The Singing Hills by Bing Crosby 

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146
US 2[Decca 3064]
19.05/1940
Playmates by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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145
US 2vocals by Sully Mason & His Playmates
written by Charles L. Johnson (uncredited) & Saxie Dowell
20.1940
When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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145
US 2[Bluebird 10776]
written by Leon René
21.02/1940
Indian Summer by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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145
US 2vocals by Jack Leonard
22.1940
Say It by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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145
US 2[Bluebird 10631]
23.12/1940
I Give You My Word by Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra 

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144
US 2[Columbia 35812]
Scrub Me, Mama, with a Boogie Beat24.12/1940
Scrub Me, Mama, with a Boogie Beat by Will Bradley and His Orchestra 

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144
US 2written by Don Raye
25.1940
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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143
US 2[Bluebird 10931]
written by Manning Sherwin, Jack Strachey & Eric Maschwitz
26.12/1940
Down Argentina Way by Bob Crosby and His Orchestra 

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143
US 2vocals by Bonnie King
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
27.10/1940
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) by The Ink Spots 

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134
US 3written by Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels & Dick Robertson
28.02/1940
At the Balalaika by Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra 

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134
US 3vocals by Gil Mershon
[Columbia 35332]
29.08/1940
I'm Nobody's Baby by Judy Garland 

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133
US 3hit for Marion Harris in 1921
[Decca 3174]
written by Milton Ager, Benny Davis & Lester Santly
30.03/1940
On the Isle of May by Connee Boswell 

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132
US 3[Decca 3004]
31.01/1940
All the Things You Are by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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132
US 3vocals by Jack Leonard
written by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
32.10/1940
Pompton Turnpike by Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra 

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131
US 3written by Will Osborne & Dick Rogers
33.11/1940
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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131
US 3vocals by Frank Sinatra
written by Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels & Dick Robertson
34.08/1940
When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano by The Ink Spots 

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126
US 4written by Leon RenĂ©
35.1940
Shake Down the Stars by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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126
US 4[Blkuebid 10689]
36.03/1940
Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy) by The Andrews Sisters 

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125
US 4
37.05/1940
With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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125
US 4vocals by Ginny Simms
38.03/1940
The Gaucho Serenade by Dick Todd 

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125
US 4[Bluebird 10559]
39.08/1940
Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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124
US 4vocals by Helen O'Connell
written by James V. Monaco & Charles Newman
40.04/1940
When You Wish upon a Star by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians 

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123
US 4vocals by Carmen Lombardo
written by Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
41.1940
Pennsylvania 6-5000 by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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120
US 5[Bluebird 10754]
written by Jerry Gray & Carl Sigman
42.1940
The Nearness of You by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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119
US 5[Bluebird 10745]
43.02/1940
You'd Be Surprised by Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra 

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119
US 5vocals by Bonnie Baker
[Columbia 35344]
44.12/1940
There I Go by Vaughn Monroe 

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117
US 5written by Irving Weiser & Hy Zaret
God Bless America45.08/1940
God Bless America by Kate Smith 

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117
US 5[Victor 26198]
written by Irving Berlin
46.12/1940
There I Go by Will Bradley and His Orchestra 

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116
US 5written by Irving Weiser & Hy Zaret
47.11/1940
Our Love Affair by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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116
US 5vocals by Frank Sinatra
written by Roger Edens & Arthur Freed
48.10/1940
Practice Makes Perfect by Bob Chester and His Orchestra 

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110
US 6vocals by Al Stuart
written by Don Roberts & Ernest Gold
49.12/1940
So You're the One by Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra 

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110
US 6[Columbia 35812]
written by Hy Zaret, Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
50.05/1940
Little Curly Hair in a High Chair by Fats Waller 

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110
US 6[Bluebird 10698]
51.11/1940
Ferry-Boat Serenade by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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110
US 6vocals by Harry, Ginny, Jack & Max Williams
written by Eldo di Lazzaro, Mario Panzeri & Harold Adamson
52.01/1940
Chatterbox by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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110
US 6vocals by Harry Babbitt
53.01/1940
Careless by Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 

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109
US 6vocals by Eddy Howard
54.1940
Boog It by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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106
US 7[Bluebird 10689]
written by Jack Palmer, Cab Calloway & R. "Buck" Ram
55.1940
Devil May Care by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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105
US 7[Bluebird 10717]
written by Harry Warren & Johnny Burke
56.1940
I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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104
US 7[Bluebird 10717]
written by Allie Wrubel & Herb Magidson
57.05/1940
Alice Blue Gown by Frankie Masters and His Orchestra 

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104
US 7vocals by Marion Francis
written by Harry Tierney & Joseph McCarthy
58.05/1940
Let There Be Love by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye 

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103
US 7vocals by Tommy Ryan
written by Lionel Rand & Ian Grant
59.04/1940
Leanin' on the Ole Top Rail by Bob Crosby and His Orchestra 

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103
US 7written by Charles Kenny & Nick Kenny
60.04/1940
With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair by Bob Crosby and His Orchestra 

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103
US 7vocals by Marion Mann
61.10/1940
Only Forever by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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103
US 7written by James V. Monaco & Johnny Burke
62.04/1940
The Woodpecker Song by The Andrews Sisters 

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103
US 7written by Eldo Di Lazzaro & Harold Adamson
63.11/1940
Down Argentina Way by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra 

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103
US 7vocals by Sara Horn
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
64.01/1940
The Last Time I Saw Paris by Kate Smith 

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99
US 8[Columbia 35802]
65.1940
The Gaucho Serenade by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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99
US 8[Bulebird 10570]
66.1940
Indian Summer by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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98
US 8[Bluebird 10495]
67.1940
In an Old Dutch Garden (By an Old Dutch Mill) by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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98
US 8[Bluebird 10553]
68.1940
All the Things You Are by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra 

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98
US 8[Bluebird 10492]
written by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
69.1940
Our Love Affair by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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97
US 8[Bluebird 10845]
written by Roger Edens & Arthur Freed
70.1940
This Changing World by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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97
US 8[Bluebird 10526]
71.1940
Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells by Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra 

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97
US 8[Columbia 35405]
72.07/1940
I Can't Love You Any More (Any More Than I Do) by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 

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96
US 8vocals by Helen Forrest
73.02/1940
Darn That Dream by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 

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96
US 8vocals by Mildred Bailey
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Eddie DeLange
74.05/1940
Cecelia by Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 

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96
US 8vocals by Ronnie Kemper
75.03/1940
In an Old Dutch Garden (By an Old Dutch Mill) by Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 

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96
US 8vocals by Eddy Howard
76.12/1940
Ferryboat Serenade (La Piccinina) by The Andrews Sisters 

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96
US 8written by Eldo di Lazzaro, Mario Panzeri & Harold Adamson
77.07/1940
Make-Believe Island by Jan Savitt and His Orchestra 

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95
US 8written by Will Grosz, Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny
78.07/1940
Imagination by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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95
US 8vocals by Frank Sinatra; hit for Harry Reser in 1928
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
79.1940
Slow Freight by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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94
US 9[Bluebird 10740]
80.1940
Falling Leaves by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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94
US 9[Bluebird 10876]
written by Frankie Carle & Mack David
81.1940
Crosstown by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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94
US 9[Bkluebird 10832]
82.1940
Hear My Song, Violetta by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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93
US 9[Bleubird 10684]
written by Rudolf Luckesch, Othmar Klose, Ermenegildo Carosio, Othmar Klose, Buddy Bernier & Bob Emmerich
83.01/1940
The Man That Comes Around by Tommy Tucker Time 

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93
US 9vocals by Gil Mershon
written by John Lair & Tommy Tucker
84.03/1940
Confucius Say by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians 

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92
US 9vocals by Carmen Lombardo, Larry Owen & Fred Henry
85.06/1940
No Name Jive (Parts 1 & 2) by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra 

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from Casa Loma in Hi-Fi!   

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91
US 9
86.04/1940
I've Got My Eyes on You by Bob Crosby and His Orchestra 

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91
US 9vocals by Marion Mann
written by Cole Porter
87.01/1940
Bluebirds in the Moonlight by Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 

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91
US 9vocals by Eddy Howard
88.1940
The Call of the Canyon by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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90
US 10vocal by Ray Eberle
[Bluebird 10845]
89.1940
Starlit Hour by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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89
US 10[Blebird 10553]
90.1940
A Handful of Stars by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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89
US 10[Bluebird 10893]
91.1940
When You Wish upon a Star by Cliff Edwards 

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from Pinocchio: Recorded from the Original soundtrack of the Walt Disney Production Pinocchio   

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89
US 10 [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1940]
[Victor 26477]
written by Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
92.09/1940
Trade Winds by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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88
US 10vocals by Frank Sinatra
written by Cliff Friend & Charles Tobias
93.02/1940
Pinch Me by Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra 

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87
US 10vocals by Bonnie Baker
[Columbia 35328]
written by Orrin Tucker, Everett Ralston & Joey Simay
94.04/1940
It's a Blue World by Tony Martin 

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87
US 10[Decca 2932]
95.06/1940
April Played the Fiddle by Bing Crosby 

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87
US 10[Decca 3161]
written by James V. Monaco & Johnny Burke
96.03/1940
Darn That Dream by Blue Barron and His Orchestra 

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87
US 10written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Eddie DeLange
97.10/1940
Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees) by The Ink Spots 

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87
US 10written by Doris Fisher & Fred Fisher
Down the Road a Piece98.12/1940
Down the Road a Piece by Will Bradley and His Orchestra 

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87
US 10as Will Bradley Trio
written by Don Raye
99.09/1940
Dolimite by Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra 

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87
US 10
100.1940
He's My Uncle by Abe Lyman and His Californians 

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59
US 11vocal by Rose Blane
[Bluebird 10924]
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