Thanks for the numbers Finn.

The 7th game of the tournament was another close contest with just a single vote separating three of the tracks. The winner of the tie was "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" by Glenn Campbell. This track will now progress through to the next Round as a consequence of said victory. The three eliminated tracks on this occasion were 'Adagio For Strings' by English composer Samuel Barber, 'Lately' by Stevie Wonder and 'Old Red Eyes Is Back' by The Beautiful South.

Round 1/Game 8 -

Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute 
https://youtu.be/O51StLHCTrU
Released - 17th September 1991
Written by - Billy Bragg
Songs Background - The song was a tribute from Billy Bragg to his dead Father, Dennis Bragg, who died of lung cancer when Billy was just 18 years old. The track featured on Bragg's 1991 album 'Don't Try This At Home'.

V's

Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
https://youtu.be/SF3IktTk_pQ
Released - 1969
Written by - Jimmy Cliff
Songs Background - Cliff was aged 21 when he wrote and recorded the song in 1969. Cliff stated he wrote the song due to the trouble he was having making it as a successful musical artist after originally finding success in his home of Jamaica, beginning at age 14, before moving to the United Kingdom.

He commented, "When I came to the UK, I was still in my teens. I came full of vigour: I’m going to make it, I’m going to be up there with the Beatles and the Stones. And it wasn’t really going like that, I was touring clubs, not breaking through. I was struggling, with work, life, my identity, I couldn't find my place; frustration fuelled the song."

Regarding the line, "Wandering I am lost, as I travel along the White Cliffs of Dover," Cliff stated, "...that came from the number of times I crossed the channel to the continent. Most of the time it was France but sometimes it was Germany. It was a very frustrating time. I came to England with very big hopes and I saw my hopes fading. And that song came out of that experience.

Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the track number 325 in their Top 500 Greatest Songs Of All-Time.

V's

Buffy Sainte Marie - Until it's Time For You Go
https://youtu.be/b4RsN3fjcLg
Released - 1965
Written By - Buffy Sainte Marie 
Songs Background - The lyrics concern an ordinary man and woman who love each other, but cannot stay together because they come from different worlds. The singer asks her (or his) lover: "Don't ask why / Don't ask how / Don't ask forever / Love me now."

According to Sainte-Marie, the song "popped into my head while I was falling in love with someone I knew couldn't stay with me."

V's

Judee Sill - The Kiss
https://youtu.be/UdnQkQYT63E
Released - March 1973
Written by - Judee Sill
Songs Background - The track featured on Judee Sill's critically acclaimed 1973 album 'Heart Food'.

Voting Closes Later Today (Friday 21st June) at 10PM
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Tracks Eliminated - Round 1 -

1. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
2. Randy Newman - Dexter's Tune
3. Ralph McTell - Streets Of London
4. Gerry Rafferty - Mary Skeffington
5. Nina Simeone - Feelings
6. Neil Young - Birds
7. Don McLean - Vincent
8. Ray Charles and Betty Carter - Ev'ry Time We say Goodbye
9. Randy Crawford - Almaz
10. Red House Painters - Katy Song
11. Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
11. Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again
12. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
13. Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
14. The Kinks - Some Mother's Son
15. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
16. Christy Moore - Black Is The Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)
17. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
18. Stevie Wonder - Lately
19. Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings
20. The Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back
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Tracks Through Round 1 -

1. The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
2. Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
3. Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
4. Roy Orbison - Crying
5. Johnny Cash - Hurt
6. Carole King - You've Got a Friend
7. Glenn Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
 

Cliff for me too please

Billy Bragg, please Tek.

Jimmy cliff

Full Time - 

Jimmy Cliff - 5
Billy Bragg - 2
Judee Sill - 0
Buffy Sainte Marie - 0