Thanks for the numbers MockChop.

The 14th game of the tournament witnessed a close match that was eventually won by the track "Nessun Dorma" by Luciano Pavarotti. The track will now progress through to the 2nd Round as a consequence of said victory. The three tracks that are eliminated at this juncture are 'Julia' by the Beatles, 'Wild Horses' by the Rolling Stones' and 'Caroline, No' by The Beach Boys.

Round 1/Game 15 -

Harry Chapin - Cats In The Cradle


Released - 1st October 1974
Written By - Harry Chapin and Sandra Chapin
Songs Background - The song's lyrics began as a poem written by Harry's wife, Sandra; the poem itself was inspired by the awkward relationship between her first husband, James Cashmore, and his father, John. She was also inspired by a country music song she had heard on the radio.

Chapin also said the song was about his own relationship with his son, Josh, admitting, "Frankly, this song scares me to death". As Chapin's only No. 1 hit song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music.

V's

Spiritualized - Broken Heart


Released - 16th June 1997
Written By - Jason Pierce
Songs Background - The track is widely speculated to be about the break-up of the relationship of Spiritualized frontman Jason Pierce (who wrote the tracks lyrics) and fellow Spiritualized member Kate Radley, who after the break-up married fellow musician Richard Ashcroft.

V's

Joni Mitchell - A Case Of you


Released - 22nd June 1971
Written by - Joni Mitchell
Songs Background - Mitchell wrote "A Case of You" in or before 1970. As with many of the songs on her album 'Blue', her breakup with Graham Nash is often cited as the inspiration for it.

V's

Amy Winehouse - Love Is a Losing Game


Released - 7th December 2007
Written By - Amy Winehouse
Songs Background - Winehouse wrote this track as a sad response to the break-up of her tumultuous marriage to her Ex-Husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.

George Michael named the song as one of his eight choices on the Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs. When asked which of his eight choices he would pick if he had to choose one, he opted for "Love Is a Losing Game".

Voting Closes Later Today (Tuesday 9th July) 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
21. Judee Sill - The Kiss
22. Buffy Sainte Marie - Until It's Time For You To Go
23. Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute
24. Wilco - On And On And On
25. Pink Floyd - Coming Back to Life
26. George Jones - A Good Year For The Roses
27. The Corries - The Green Fields of France
28. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
29. Badfinger - Without You
30. Dennis Wilson - Time
31. Bread - Everything I Own
32. Frank Sinatra - As Time Goes By
33. Julee Cruise - Falling
34. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
35. Underworld - Eventually But
36. Elliott Smith - I Didn't Understand
37. The Beatles - Yesterday
38. Michael Marra - Happed In Mist
39. The Beatles - Julia
40. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
41. The Beach Boys - Caroline, No
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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
8. Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
9. Neil Young - Philadelphia
10. The Smiths - Asleep
11. Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely
12. David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
13. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
14. Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma
 

Joni Mitchell - A Case Of you, please.

Joni Mitchell

3 songs about break-up and one about the anxieties and fears of being a parent.

2 of the artists tragically died far too young (Amy Winehouse and Harry Chapin), giving their tracks here added poignancy.

I'm gonna vote for ….Harry Chapin - Cats In The Cradle

Something about the fact that he never got to see his Son grow up to be a man, really saddens me.

Full Time - 

Joni Mitchell - 3
Harry Chapin - 2
Spiritualized - 2
Amy Winehouse - 0