Gilbert O'Sullivan - Claire Lyrics. As far as his family is concerned, they only saw what was on the surface.

Complete your Gilbert O'Sullivan collection. "I think his big mistake was not letting me work with another producer.

Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair / What Could Be Nicer at Discogs. Clair's father, Gordon Mills, was O'Sullivan's manager. I grew very fond of her [Clair]. Clair Mills, the subject and title of Gilbert O'Sullivan's most famous song, was reunited with the artist at a recent concert in the Royal Albert Hall in London. I think the business turned on me. and he looked at me, and said, 'You get everything.' But being who they were, they just went ahead and released it.

It is ironic that losing makes you more liked than winning.". Clair was just three years of age when O'Sullivan, the Waterford-born singer/songwriter, penned the number one song about her.

"On the day of the judgment, sitting with my lawyer and saying, 'What does that mean?'

"So I got hold of American lawyers, and went through the whole process that I had to go though a few years earlier. O'Sullivan later engaged in another legal row suing well-known Eighties rapper, Biz Markie, over the rights to use a sample of O'Sullivan's song Alone Again.

But O'Sullivan and Mills later fell out -- and this culminated in a bitter legal dispute over publishing rights. I didn't get it. I left that day determined to fight. That was the first sampling case to go to court," says O' Sullivan.

And then when we split amicably, he told me that I would get it. Clair, the moment I met you I swear I felt as if something Somewhere had happened to me Which I couldn't see And then the moment I met you So what can you do? "What I wanted was the interest in my songs that had been promised to me. "I babysat for Gordon and his wife. The tragedy of the whole litigation, with the breaking up, is not so much with him, but his family. It was horrible. The song was written not for her but for the parents. We said no. "All we said in the beginning was, 'Just don't put it out.' It's a song that was almost a thank you to them," says O'Sullivan, speaking on an RTE documentary which provides a rare insight into the life of this unconventional, and at times controversial, musician. Sections, Clair Mills, the subject and title of Gilbert O'Sullivan's most famous song, was reunited with the artist at a recent concert in the Royal Albert Hall in London.

"We got a massive settlement -- a precedent was set there. We weren't looking for money. "The great thing about ownership is that we can protect it. "Clair" is a song by Gilbert O'Sullivan, released in 1972 as the first single from his second album Back to Front. It was written by O'Sullivan and produced by Gordon Mills, and is one of O'Sullivan… I went in there, and he tells me to 'f**k off'," he laughs, "It's not funny, because it was devastating. "I should go into his office and see his managing director and sort it out.

I was the bastard -- so I was the one that, after all he had done for me, this is how I repaid him. Massively. Menu I sued a manager and won. Gilbert O'Sullivan 'Out on his own' will be screened on Tuesday, April 20, at 10.15pm on RTE One. The shirts off their backs was basically what I was given. "You must come to other shows," he told her, "I am really pleased you are here tonight.".