Possession (song)

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"Possession"

Single by Sarah McLachlan
from the album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Released	1993
Format	CD single
Genre	Pop
Length	4:40
Label	Nettwerk Records
Writer(s)	Sarah McLachlan
Producer(s)	Pierre Marchand
Sarah McLachlan singles chronology
"Drawn to the Rhythm" (1992)	"Possession"	"I Will Remember You" (1995)

Possession is the first single from Sarah McLachlan's album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. 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".

In 1994, McLachlan was sued by Uwe Vandrei, an obsessed fan from Ottawa, Ontario, who alleged that his love letters to her had been the basis of "Possession". This lawsuit never came to trial, however, as the plaintiff committed suicide before the trial began.

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, Ms. McLachlan adds, "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."