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Possession is the first single from Sarah McLachlan’s album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. It was released in Canada 10 September 1993 by Nettwerk Records.

The song is written from the point of view of an obsessed fan. Following the album’s release, a fan named Uwe Vandrei sued McLachlan for songwriting credit, claiming that his letters were used as the basis of the song. The case never made it to trial as Vandrei was found dead of apparent suicide in November 1994.

The lawsuit was also challenging for the Canadian legal system; the suit was essentially a frivolous complaint by Vandrei, a self-admitted stalker, in an attempt to get close to McLachlan, and the trial was delayed significantly by discussions of how to ensure McLachlan’s physical safety during the proceedings.

In an interview in Rolling Stone three years later, McLachlan added, “And this one person wasn’t the only guy … there were a lot of letters from other people saying the same kind of thing … Writing the song ‘Possession’ was very therapeutic.”

The song appears twice on the album as the first track and as a hidden track: a solo piano version following the last track “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”.
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  • WargyDog

    tell us how you really feel, billy... :-)

    last week

  • billyspiller

    wail wail wail wail can canadians not actually sing but just wail about their shit life? the drummer's good though.

    20 days ago

  • wack1985

    one of my personal karaoke favorites. ^.^

    March 2012

  • plans422

    I tried to find specific verses to quote, but this whole song is worth it.. powerful song.

    March 2012

  • kenmare96

    Meine Lieblingssängerin , danke Sarah für Deine Musik !

    February 2012

  • -deucalion-

    The Afterglow Live DVD version by far is the most excellent version she ever did... ♥

    December 2011

  • JerryZola25

    glorious

    December 2011

  • brudberg

    The Fumbling towards Ecstacy record and particular Posession is extraordinary. I think all other records are slightly boring.

    November 2011

  • maryfox30

    Gostos parecidos.

    September 2011

  • intheluminol

    too good

    September 2011

  • jillian8

    Goddess!

    August 2011

  • kelspooky

    A M A Z I N G ( specially the piano version that we hear after fumbling towards ecstasy)!

    June 2011

  • CaliHoosier

    Such a beautiful song, why did they have to screw it up by trying to make it a dance track?

    May 2011

  • MJPutney

    I wanna kiss you so hard.............

    April 2011

  • oldskis

    i concur @dragonswings

    February 2011

  • dragonswings

    Techno/ dance remix? I'd prefer the original, please.

    January 2011

  • oyveychris

    So soulful.

    December 2010

  • mp3rocket

    do you come with me to andromeda ?

    November 2010

  • mpe

    Hmm.. remix. Not too shabby but I'd expect the original :/

    November 2010

  • penumbralheart

    this is one of the few songs i truly melt into finding myself at peace

    October 2010
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