If I Could Turn Back Time
~ Recording by Cher
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Heart of Stone | Cher | Album |
| Geffen Records | 9 24239-2 |
| 1.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Heart of Stone | Cher | Album |
| Geffen Records | 9 24239-2 |
| 1.13 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Formel Eins: Hits! Hits! Hits! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002) | CDP 588-7 93428 2 |
| 1.13 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Formel Eins: Hits! Hits! Hits! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002) | 1C 088-7 93428 1 |
| 1.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | ?:?? | Cher | Heart of Stone | Cher | Album |
| Geffen Records | 924 239‐4, WX 262 C |
| 1.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Heart of Stone (original artwork) | Cher | Album |
| Geffen Records | 9 24239-2 |
| 1.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Heart of Stone | Cher | Album |
| Geffen Records | 9 24239-2 |
| 1.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:18 | Cher | Heart of Stone | Cher | Album |
| Geffen Records | 9 24239-2 |
| 1.12 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:58 | Cher | Monster Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDHITS11 |
| 1.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:57 | Cher | Free Spirit | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | MOODCD16 |
| 1.7 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Cher’s Greatest Hits, 1965–1992 | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | GED24439 |
| 1.7 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Cher’s Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | GED-24439 |
| 1.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Heart of Stone | Cher | Album |
| Geffen Records | GED 24239, GEFD 24239 |
| 1.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:00 | Cher | Ladies of the 80’s, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321 18436 2 |
| 2.4 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:57 | Cher | 100% Pure Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2737 |
| 1.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:50 | Cher | Satin & Steel | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 516 971-2 |
| 2.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:51 | Cher | The Best Rock Ballads in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 60 |
| 1.11 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:50 | Cher | The Best 80’s Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 68 |
| 1.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:00 | Cher | Careless Whisper | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Most Wanted Productions (Denmark) | 9502-2 |
| 1.7 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:00 | Cher | The Rocking Ladies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.8 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:58 | Cher | Top Gear 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | MOOD CD 41 |
| 1.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | One by One | Cher | Single |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 0630-14402-2, WEA032CD |
| 1.12 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Ich steh auf Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321 38945 2 |
| 1.10 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | Stars 96 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.8 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:58 | Cher | The All Time Greatest Love Songs of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s & 90’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TV | SONY TV 21 CD |
| 1.5 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:51 | Cher | The Greatest 80’s No 1 Hits Album (disc 1) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Startel Entertainment | STARCD1071 |
| 1.4 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:53 | Cher | The Love Album III | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD104 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Back to the 80’s: De Hits uit de Jaren ’80, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 489301-2 |
| 2.8 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:58 | Cher | Fetenhits: The Real Classics, the 3rd | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 555 395-2 |
| 1.11 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:58 | Cher | De Pre Historie 1989, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Belgium | 74321 56649 2 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:57 | Cher | Now That’s What I Call Music! 1989: The Millennium Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 20280 2 3, NOWMIL 1989 |
| 1.12 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Music of the Millennium | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | CD Set No.: 545 300-2. CD1: 545 301-2. CD2: 545 302-2 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Greatest Hits | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990) | 8573804202 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Greatest Hits | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 8573804202 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Greatest Hits | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 804202 9 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Greatest Hits | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 2 80420 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Greatest Hits | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990) | 8573 80420 2 |
| 1.8 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:00 | Cher | We Are the Champions | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5263242 8 |
| 1.11 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:53 | Cher | Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 1.4 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:55 | Cher | Best of the ’80s: 1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | R2 73956 |
| 1.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best Of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records, MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | R2 73852 |
| 1.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best Of Cher (Special Edition) | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 73956 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 25646 0864 2 |
| 2.19 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Amour - A Collection of the Most Beautiful Love Songs Ever Written | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Marketing Group GmbH (company not a label brand) | 039 365-2 |
| 1.4 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:57 | Cher | Ich hab’ dich lieb, Vol.2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Austria (not likely an imprint but just the company trademark of Universal Music Austria GmbH) | 980797-1 |
| 3.17 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:51 | Cher | Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 0602498113394 |
| 1.14 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Lovers Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 50466 8586 2 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | WTVD 60864 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records, MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), Warner Strategic Marketing | 25646 0864 5 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing, Geffen Records, MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 2564 60864-5 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 2564608465 |
| 1.3 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| 25646 0864 2 | |
| 1.9 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:03 | Cher | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cher, Volume 2 | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0000514-02 |
| 2.11 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Thomas Gottschalk präsentiert: 50 Jahre Rock! Let's Have a Party - Klassiker und Hits! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 82876 59869 2 |
| 1.8 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:53 | Cher | Bigger Better Power Ballads II: The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD619 |
| 4.19 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:56 | Cher | 100 Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 980 066-7 |
| 1.8 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | |
| 1.4 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:57 | Cher | Absolute Soft Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | ACCD 3016 |
| 1.13 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:53 | Cher | Biggest & Best Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | |
| 2.11 | If I Could Turn Back Time (album version) | 3:58 | Cher | 100% Rock, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation) | 060249820384(2) |
| 2.4 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:03 | Cher | Gold | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | B0003643-02 |
| 2.9 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:00 | Cher | Driving Rock: 37 Classic Anthems for the Open Road | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 9829087 |
| 1.9 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:52 | Cher | The Very Best of Power Ballads: The Greatest Driving Anthems …Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 756 |
| 3.14 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:00 | Cher | Magic: The Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Marketing (Germany) | WSMCD231 |
| 1.7 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | The Very Best of Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | 0946 3 49894 2 8 |
| 1.6 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:53 | Cher | Break Up Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 746 |
| 2.4 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:03 | Cher | Gold | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | 0602498643549 |
| 1.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Leather & Lace | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 82876695362 |
| 1.7 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Ljuva 80‐tal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 82876747792 |
| 3.18 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:00 | Cher | The Essential 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMBXW003 |
| 1.16 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | 100 Essential Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.13 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:54 | Cher | Greatest Ever! Eighties: The Definitive Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | GTSTCD002 |
| 3.5 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:54 | Cher | Greatest Ever! Rock: The Definitive Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | GTSTCD005 |
| 1.12 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:52 | Cher | Chick Flicks: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music TV | WMTV025 |
| 2.4 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:58 | Cher | True Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 984-256-2 |
| 3.1 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | 100 Essential Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | FBUDCD002 |
| 5.13 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:56 | Cher | 100 Essential Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.13 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:56 | Cher | Classic Cuts Presents: 80's Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: Special Stereo Wide Edition 16 CD Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | |
| 1.13 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:53 | Cher | Classic Cuts Presents: 80s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: B to D | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | BX014 |
| 1.16 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:00 | Cher | The Pink Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.19 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Fetenhits: The Best of Real Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | |
| 1.11 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | 0602498444788 |
| 1.11 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:03 | Cher | UNO | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music México | 0602498444788 |
| 1.10 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Club 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 9849007, 9849008, 9849009 |
| 1.17 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:53 | Cher | True Power‐Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 2.11 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | Decades 3: Five Decades of Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | DGCD 096 |
| 3.16 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | 80 Hits of the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 984 539-0 |
| 5.13 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:56 | Cher | 100 Love Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 984.914-1–5 |
| 1.4 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:52 | Cher | Bigger Better Power Ballads (Is the first compilation in this series, not II or III) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 0946 385247 2 4, 3852472 |
| 1.10 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | Housework Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!) | CDEMCJD (SWFD) 6401 |
| 1.8 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:02 | Cher | One Shot 1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 9844055 |
| 7.2 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:59 | Cher | The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 21868-1 |
| 1.9 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:00 | Cher | The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection: These Dreams | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL URB/02 |
| 1.13 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 4:01 | Cher | 100 Eighties Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.9 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:54 | Cher | The Ultimate Collection: Feeling Good: 100 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | ULTIMBX008 |
| 1.11 | If I Could Turn Back Time | 3:53 | Cher | 100 Hits: Girls Night | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMG 100 025 |
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| 2.8 | If I Could Turn Back Time | ?:?? | Cher | Top Gear 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | MOOD C 41 |
Relationships
| recording engineer and mixer: | Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording) |
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| additional engineer: | Guy Roche |
| assistant engineer: | Ken Allardyce Mario Luccy Craig Porteils (producer, engineer) Duane Seykora |
| producer: | Guy Roche Diane Warren (US songwriter) |
| additional guitar: | Gene Black Glenn Sciurba |
| bass guitar: | John Pierce (US session bassist) |
| drums (drum set) and tambourine: | Mark T. Williams |
| guitar: | Steve Lukather |
| keyboard: | Alan Pasqua Guy Roche |
| background vocals: | Michael Anthony (US bassist, formerly of Van Halen) Robin Beck Desmond Child Jimmy Demers Jean McClain Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter) |
| lead vocals: | Cher |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1989) |
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| recorded at: | Bill Schnee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Criterion Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| mixed at: | The Complex Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States |
| recording of: | If I Could Turn Back Time |
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Related works
If I Could Turn Back Time
| lyricist and composer: | Diane Warren (US songwriter) |
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| publisher: | EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) Realsongs (in 1989) |
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