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"Possession" is a 1993 song written and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, and was the first single from her album ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy''. It was released in Canada on 10 September 1993 by Nettwerk Records. The song appears twice on the album, as the first track and as a hidden track at the end, which is a solo piano version. "Possession" is written from the viewpoint of a man obsessed with a woman, and was inspired by two crazed fans that McLachlan had early in her career. The main recording of "Possession" also appeared on the 2008 compilation album ''Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan'', and McLachlan has also released live, alternate and remixed versions of the song. ==Inspiration== The song was inspired by McLachlan's reaction to two deranged fans of hers, both of whom had concocted a fantasy in which they were already in a relationship with McLachlan.〔 Of the two, the more famous is Uwe Vandrei, an Ottawa, Ontario native who sued McLachlan in 1994, alleging that his love letters to her had been the basis of "Possession". Vandrei had written and sent McLachlan love poems, although there is no direct connection between those poems and the lyrics of "Possession". Vandrei's lawsuit never came to trial as he committed suicide in autumn 1994. In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'' three years later, McLachlan said, "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." She also stated that, since the release of "Possession", she had stopped getting stalker-type fan letters, for which she was grateful.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Possession (Sarah McLachlan song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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