Freda Payne

Freda Payne

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Famed for her hit single Band Of Gold in 1970, Freda Payne's career crossed between jazz, soul, disco and R&B styles and included stints in Broadway musicals, Hollywood movies and even her own TV chat show. Growing up in Detroit, she idolised Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, began competing in talent contests at 12-years-old and was part of a choral group that sang spiritual songs on local radio. She turned down offers from Berry Gordy to be one of the first signings to his Motown label and from Duke Ellington who wanted her to front his orchestra, and instead moved to New York in the early 1960s to become a jazz singer. She subsequently worked with Quincy Jones and released big band albums After The Lights Go Down And Much More! and How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore. By the end of the decade her old school friend Lamont Dozier had found success as part of the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team which produced some of Motown's biggest hits and, after setting up their own Invictus Records label, they asked Payne to record a new song they'd penned. Although she wasn't initially keen on the track, the strutting shuffle and bitter-sweet pop joy of Band Of Gold first became popular in the gay community before topping the charts in Britain for six weeks and reaching number three in the US. Follow-up singles Deeper & Deeper and Bring The Boys Home made it into the US top 30, but albums Contact and Payne & Pleasure fared less well. After a short marriage to American singer Gregory Abbott, she turned her hand to the disco music that became so popular in the late 1970s. In the 1980s she formed a partnership with Edmund Sylvers (of the group The Sylvers), who produced her 1982 single In Motion. Returning to performing jazz standards in the late 1990s, she went on tour with Cliff Richard in 2011, duetting with him on the track Saving A Soul. She released her 17th studio album Come Back To Me Love in 2014.

Top tracks

02
Band Of Gold
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
02:57
Composers: Dunbar, Wayne - Brown, Levine - Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne
02
Band Of Gold (Re-Recorded)
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold (Remix)
03:05
Composers: Dunbar - Wayne
09
More
Freda Payne
Freda Payne in Stockholm
02:24
Composers: Nino Oliviero - Norman Newell - Riz Ortolani
05
I Get High (On Your Memory)
Freda Payne
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
03:09
Composers: Marilyn McLeod - Pamela Sawyer
49
Band of Gold (Re-Recorded)
Freda Payne
100 Hits of the 70's
02:54
Composers: Dunbar - Wayne
03
I Get High
Freda Payne
Lost Soul Treasures
03:11
01
Band of Gold (Re-Record)
Freda Payne
Band of Gold
03:02
11
Bring The Boys Home
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
03:25
Composers: General Johnson, Gregory Perry, Angelo Bond - N. Johnson, G. Perry, A. Bond
01
Unhooked Generation
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
02:30
Composers: Dunbar, Wayne - V. Craighead, R. Dunbar - Craighead, Dunbar
11
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
Freda Payne
Freda Payne in Stockholm
01:51
Composers: Jimmy McHugh
04
Feed Me Your Love
Freda Payne
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
03:35
Composers: A. Posey - J. Powell
10
Band of Gold
Freda Payne
MotorCity Love Songs
03:35
Writer: R.Dunbar, E.Wayne / Composers: R.Dunbar, E.Wayne
11
Bring the Boys Home
Freda Payne
On the Inside
04:44
Composers: General Johnson, Angelo Bond & Greg Perry
01
Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right
Freda Payne
Reaching Out
03:21
Composers: Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Lamont Dozier, Richard Wylie
07
The Road We Didn't Take
Freda Payne
Live in Concert
03:07
03
Band Of Gold
Freda Payne
Disco Soul Grooves
03:41
01
I’m Not Getting Any Better
Freda Payne
Contact
06:14
Composers: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
01
Memories And Souvenirs
Freda Payne
Soul Of Dance 1
05:05
08
Rainy Days And Mondays
Freda Payne
Reaching Out
04:43
Composers: Roger Nichols, Paul Williams
02
Reaching Out
Freda Payne
Reaching Out
03:20
Composers: Michael Smith, Ronald Dunbar
02
Didn't I Tell You
Freda Payne
Payne And Pleasure
03:28
Writer: Reginald Dozier / Composers: Reginald Dozier
02
I Left Some Dreams Back There
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold
03:18
Composers: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar
05
Don't Wanna Be Left Out
Freda Payne
Payne And Pleasure
06:32
Writer: Reginald Dozier / Composers: Reginald Dozier
07
Band Of Gold (Motorcity Version)
Freda Payne
70's Dance Energy Hits
04:06
08
Band Of Gold
Freda Payne
Live in Concert
02:32
19
Come Back
Freda Payne
The World We Live In: Holland-Dozier-Holland's Detroit Funk & Soul
02:51
Composers: Holland - Dozier

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  • Discography
Albums
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
2025 Perpetual Gold Recordings-Soul Music Records-Digital
29-08-2025
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
01
From My Heart to Yours
Faranak
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
03:33
Writer: Preston Glass - Swezey / Composers: Faranak
02
Whatever Resonates
Terrill
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
05:10
Writer: David Nathan / Composers: Preston Glass
03
This Guy's in Love with You
Tony Lindsay
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
04:49
Writer: Hal David / Composers: Burt Bacharach
04
You Belong to Me
Talita Long
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
04:06
Writer: Carly Simon / Composers: Michael McDonald
05
Tonight You're Mine, Baby
Ronnie Spector
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
04:49
Writer: Preston Glass / Composers: Narada Michael Walden
06
To the Moon and Back
Willie Bradley
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
03:59
Writer: Preston Glass / Composers: Preston Glass
07
Victoria
Willie Ford & The Dramatics
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
04:09
Writer: Victoria Boone / Composers: Fred Pittman
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Do You Still Dream About Me
℗ 2024 Altair Records
19-06-2024
Do You Still Dream About Me
01
Do You Still Dream About Me (Rick Gianatos Edit)
Freda Payne
Do You Still Dream About Me
04:30
Writer: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi / Composers: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi
02
Do You Still Dream About Me (Rick Gianatos Extended)
Freda Payne
Do You Still Dream About Me
06:23
Writer: Tsuyoshi Takayamagi - Sami Mc Kinnery / Composers: Tsuyoshi Takayamagi - Sami Mc Kinnery
03
Do You Still Dream About Me (Rick Gianatos Performance Edit)
Freda Payne
Do You Still Dream About Me
06:22
Writer: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi / Composers: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi
04
Do You Still Dream About Me (Sakis Gravvanis Edit)
Freda Payne
Do You Still Dream About Me
04:46
Writer: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi / Composers: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi
05
Do You Still Dream About Me (Sakis Gravvanis Extended Vocal Edit)
Freda Payne
Do You Still Dream About Me
06:06
Writer: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi / Composers: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi
06
Do You Still Dream About Me (Instrumental)
Freda Payne
Do You Still Dream About Me
06:06
Composers: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi
07
Do You Still Dream About Me (David Strong Mega Edit)
Freda Payne
Do You Still Dream About Me
07:29
Writer: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi / Composers: Sami Mc Kinnery - Tsuyoshi Takayamagi
High Standards
2022 Arkadia Records / Arkadia Entertainment Corp.
04-08-2023
High Standards
01
The Lady is a Tramp
Freda Payne
High Standards
03:41
Composers: Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart
02
Someone That I Used to Love
Freda Payne
High Standards
04:46
Composers: Michael Masser - Gerry Goffin
03
Just the Way You Are
Freda Payne
High Standards
04:00
Composers: Billy Joel
04
Just the Two of Us
Freda Payne
High Standards
03:36
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter - William Harrison Jr Withers
05
I Cried For You
Freda Payne
High Standards
03:42
Composers: Gus Arnheim - Abe Lyman - Arthur Freed
06
I've Never Been to Me
Freda Payne
High Standards
05:50
Composers: Ron Miller - Kenneth Hirsch
07
Honeysuckle Rose
Freda Payne
High Standards
01:40
Composers: Fats Waller - Andy Razaf
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Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
(P) 2022 RGP Entertainment Group, Inc.
16-09-2022
Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
01
Save the Best for Last (Original Vocal Version)
Freda Payne
Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
07:37
Composers: J. Lind - P. Galdston - W. Waldman
02
Save the Best for Last (Original Instrumental Version)
Freda Payne
Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
08:00
Composers: J. Lind - P. Galdston - W. Waldman
03
Save the Best for Last (Re-Edit)
Freda Payne
Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
07:12
Composers: J. Lind - P. Galdston - W. Waldman
04
Save the Best for Last (Presentation Version)
Freda Payne
Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
07:39
Composers: J. Lind - P. Galdston - W. Waldman
05
Save the Best for Last (Extended Version)
Freda Payne
Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
06:52
Composers: J. Lind - P. Galdston - W. Waldman
06
Save the Best for Last (Extended Dub Mix)
Freda Payne
Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
06:52
Composers: J. Lind - P. Galdston - W. Waldman
07
Save the Best for Last (Radio Edit)
Freda Payne
Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
03:34
Composers: J. Lind - P. Galdston - W. Waldman
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Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
03-08-2015
Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
01
Band Of Gold (Almighty Anthem Radio Edit)
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
03:28
02
Band Of Gold (Almighty 12" Anthem Mix)
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
06:33
03
Band Of Gold (Almighty Pop'd Up Radio Edit)
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
04:13
04
Band Of Gold (Almighty 12" Pop'd Up Mix)
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
06:28
05
Band Of Gold (Almighty Radio Edit)
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
04:01
06
Band Of Gold (Almighty 12" Club Mix)
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
06:13
Come Back to Me Love
22-07-2014
Come Back to Me Love
01
You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To
Freda Payne
Come Back to Me Love
04:23
02
Haven't We Met
Freda Payne
Come Back to Me Love
03:54
03
Lately
Freda Payne
Come Back to Me Love
03:53
04
Come Back to Me Love
Freda Payne
Come Back to Me Love
05:24
05
Whatever Happened to Me
Freda Payne
Come Back to Me Love
03:23
06
You Don't Know
Freda Payne
Come Back to Me Love
03:48
07
Save Your Love for Me
Freda Payne
Come Back to Me Love
05:21
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The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
(P) 2012 Drew's Entertainment
01-05-2012
The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
01
Born On the Bayou (Re-Recorded Version)
Al Wilson
The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
02:55
Composers: JOHN. C. FOGERTY
02
You Do the Right Things (Re-Recorded Version)
Al Wilson
The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
02:45
Composers: Leon Ware - SCOTT BARNES
03
Settle Down (Re-Recorded Version)
Al Wilson
The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
02:41
Composers: P. Medor - D. Nesmith - R. Butler
04
Listen to Me (Re-Recorded Version)
Al Wilson
The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
03:19
Composers: RAY AUGUSTINE - LOLA CANTRELL
05
I'm a Weak Man (Re-Recorded Version)
Al Wilson
The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
03:24
Composers: Eddie Campbell
06
Keep On Loving You (Re-Recorded Version)
Al Wilson
The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
04:24
Composers: DARRYE GENE BROOKS - Ted Wilson - Eugene Dozier
07
Queen of the Ghetto (Re-Recorded Version)
Al Wilson
The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
02:55
Composers: Charles Richard Cason
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Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
(P) 2009 Demon Music Group Ltd.
29-06-2009
Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
01
Band Of Gold (Single Mix)
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
02:58
Composers: Dunbar, Wayne - Brown, Levine - Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne
02
I Left Some Dreams Back There
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
03:18
Composers: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar
03
Deeper And Deeper
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
03:02
Composers: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne - Dunbar, Toney, Wayne
04
Rock Me In The Cradle (Of Your Lovin’ Arms)
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
03:05
Composers: Dunbar, Johnson, Perry - General Johnson, Ronald Dunbar, Gregory Perry
05
Unhooked Generation
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
02:30
Composers: Dunbar, Wayne - V. Craighead, R. Dunbar - Craighead, Dunbar
06
Love On Borrowed Time
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
02:58
Composers: William Weatherspoon, James Dean
07
Through The Memory Of My Mind
Freda Payne
Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
02:41
Composers: William Weatherspoon
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On the Inside
2007 Freda Payne / BOG Records
01-01-2007
On the Inside
01
Welcome to the Human Race
Freda Payne
On the Inside
05:02
Composers: Preston Glass & Freda Payne
02
The Ideal Man
Freda Payne
On the Inside
05:24
Composers: Preston Glass & Freda Payne
03
Even If My Heart Could Break (Duet With Paul Hill)
Freda Payne
On the Inside
04:39
Composers: Franne Golde, Adrian Gurvitz
04
On the Inside
Freda Payne
On the Inside
04:32
Composers: Preston Glass & Freda Payne
05
Love Unconditional
Freda Payne
On the Inside
05:26
Composers: Preston Glass & Freda Payne
06
Beyond the Bedroom
Freda Payne
On the Inside
04:29
Composers: Preston Glass & Freda Payne
07
Do You Still Dream About Me
Freda Payne
On the Inside
05:03
Composers: Sami Mckinney & Tsushi Tayayanagi
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Lost In Love
This Compilation ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-1999
Lost In Love
01
Band Of Gold
Freda Payne
Lost In Love
03:42
Writer: Ronald Dunbar - Edythe Wayne / Composers: Ronald Dunbar - Edythe Wayne
02
(See Me) One Last Time
Freda Payne
Lost In Love
04:59
Writer: Samuel Don Parsons / Composers: Samuel Don Parsons
03
Keep It Coming
Freda Payne
Lost In Love
03:17
Writer: Nickolas Ashford - Valerie Simpson / Composers: Nickolas Ashford - Valerie Simpson
04
You Brought The Woman Out Of Me
Freda Payne
Lost In Love
03:25
Writer: Dennis Lambert - Brian Potter / Composers: Dennis Lambert - Brian Potter
05
Lost In Love
Freda Payne
Lost In Love
03:55
Writer: John Theodore Klemmer - David Batteau / Composers: John Theodore Klemmer - David Batteau
06
I Hear Rumors
Freda Payne
Lost In Love
03:47
Writer: Bob Siller - Candy Siller / Composers: Bob Siller - Candy Siller
07
Seems So Long
Freda Payne
Lost In Love
03:55
Writer: Stevie Wonder / Composers: Stevie Wonder
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Live in Concert
2007 The Wheatstrw Corporation
23-07-1996
Live in Concert
01
Don't Rain On My Parade
Freda Payne
Live in Concert
04:15
02
I'm A Woman
Freda Payne
Live in Concert
03:00
03
Little Girl Blue
Freda Payne
Live in Concert
04:10
04
Teach me Tonight
Freda Payne
Live in Concert
03:26
05
Through The Memory of My Mind
Freda Payne
Live in Concert
01:40
06
Cherish What is Dear To You
Freda Payne
Live in Concert
01:22
07
The Road We Didn't Take
Freda Payne
Live in Concert
03:07
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Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
2012 Freda Payne/H.B. Barnum
01-01-1996
Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
01
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Freda Payne
Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
05:10
Composers: Hugh Martin;Ralph Blane
02
Lets Have Christmas Every Day of the Year
Freda Payne
Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
04:28
Composers: H.B. Barnum;walter Johnson
03
Oh Holy Night/Silent Night Medley
Freda Payne
Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
05:51
Composers: Adolphe Adam;john Sullivan Dwight;joseph Mohr-Franz Gruber
04
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
Freda Payne
Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
04:49
Composers: Phillip Brooks;lewis Redner
05
Santa Baby
Freda Payne
Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
02:48
Composers: Joan Javits;phil Springer;tony Springer
06
Silver Bells
Freda Payne
Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
04:09
Composers: Jay Livingston;Ray Evans
07
The Christmas Song
Freda Payne
Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
04:45
Composers: Mel Torme;bob Wells
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Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
(P) 2009 Demon Music Group Ltd.
01-01-1989
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
01
Unhooked Generation
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
02:30
Composers: Dunbar, Wayne - V. Craighead, R. Dunbar - Craighead, Dunbar
02
Band Of Gold
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
02:57
Composers: Dunbar, Wayne - Brown, Levine - Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne
03
I Left Some Dreams Back There
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
03:21
Composers: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar
04
Deeper And Deeper
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
03:03
Composers: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne - Dunbar, Toney, Wayne
05
Rock Me In The Cradle Of Love
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
03:03
Composers: Dunbar, Johnson, Perry - General Johnson, Ronald Dunbar, Gregory Perry
06
The Easiest Way To Fall
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
02:36
Composers: Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne, Scherrie Payne
07
Cherish What Is Dear To You
Freda Payne
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
03:58
Composers: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Angelo Bond
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Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
℗ 1978 Capitol Records, LLC
01-10-1978
Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
01
Happy Days Are Here Again/Happy Music (Dance The Night Away)
Freda Payne
Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
05:53
Composers: Jack Yellen - Milton Ager - Sigidi - Clarence Scarborough
02
Pullin' Back
Freda Payne
Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
03:35
Composers: G. Abbott - S. Scarborough
03
Tell Me Please
Freda Payne
Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
03:47
Composers: Clarence Scarborough
04
Just The Thought Of You And Me Together (Supernatural High)
Freda Payne
Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
06:18
Composers: L. Bell - T. Bell
05
Livin' For The Beat
Freda Payne
Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
03:50
Composers: G. Abbott - R. Cason
06
Falling In Love
Freda Payne
Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
03:56
Composers: D. Williams - Tennyson Stephens
07
I'll Do Anything For You
Freda Payne
Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
04:19
Composers: David Crawford - Jerome Evans
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Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
℗ 1977 Capitol Records, LLC
01-12-1977
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
01
Master Of Love
Freda Payne
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
07:55
Composers: A. Posey - J. Powell
02
Love Magnet
Freda Payne
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
06:24
Composers: Wieder - Footman - Nacy Wilson
03
Stares And Whispers
Freda Payne
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
03:25
Composers: Footman - Dennis McFadden - Nacy Wilson
04
Feed Me Your Love
Freda Payne
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
03:35
Composers: A. Posey - J. Powell
05
I Get High (On Your Memory)
Freda Payne
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
03:09
Composers: Marilyn McLeod - Pamela Sawyer
06
Loving You Means So Much To Me
Freda Payne
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
03:21
Composers: G. Abbott - R. Carson
07
Bring Back The Joy
Freda Payne
Stares and Whispers (Expanded Edition)
03:46
Composers: Abbot - D. Payne
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