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513:"Pustite nam ta svet"
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268:"Ljubi, ljubi, ljubi«
526:"Insieme: Evropa'92«
472:"Nad mestom se dani«
399:"Bisere imaš v očeh«
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326:"Ptica vrh Triglava«
304:"Silvestrski poljub«
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