"Gilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits 'Alone Again (Naturally)', 'Clair' and 'Get Down'. The music magazine, Record Mirror, voted him the No. 1 UK male singer of 1972.
"Worldwide he has charted sixteen top forty discs; including six number one songs, the first of which was 1970's 'Nothing Rhymed' (for further information see Gilbert O'Sullivan discography)."¹
"Worldwide he has charted sixteen top forty discs; including six number one songs, the first of which was 1970's 'Nothing Rhymed' (for further information see Gilbert O'Sullivan discography)."¹
"'Clair' is a popular song by Irish singer and songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan and is one of his biggest-selling singles. Written by O'Sullivan and produced by Gordon Mills, it was the number one single in the UK for two weeks in November 1972 and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. It was also O'Sullivan's second and last number one hit on the U.S. Easy Listening chart, after 'Alone Again (Naturally)'.
"The song is the love song of an uncle for his young niece, though for the first part of the song, the ambiguous text leads one to think that it is from one adult to another, especially that the brief instrumental introduction is the sound of Gilbert whistling, before he comes in. The real Clair was the young daughter of O'Sullivan's producer-manager, Gordon Mills, by the model Jo Waring, and the little girl's giggling is heard at the end of this song. The instrumental break in the middle section is done half a step up from A to B-Flat, before going back to A.
"'Clair' was included in Sullivan's album Back to Front (1972). An Italian version was performed in 1973 by the crooner Johnny Dorelli. A cover by Singers Unlimited was sampled by producer J Dilla for the Slum Village song 'Players'."²
"The song is the love song of an uncle for his young niece, though for the first part of the song, the ambiguous text leads one to think that it is from one adult to another, especially that the brief instrumental introduction is the sound of Gilbert whistling, before he comes in. The real Clair was the young daughter of O'Sullivan's producer-manager, Gordon Mills, by the model Jo Waring, and the little girl's giggling is heard at the end of this song. The instrumental break in the middle section is done half a step up from A to B-Flat, before going back to A.
"'Clair' was included in Sullivan's album Back to Front (1972). An Italian version was performed in 1973 by the crooner Johnny Dorelli. A cover by Singers Unlimited was sampled by producer J Dilla for the Slum Village song 'Players'."²
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, again.
I knew in my heart
that we were friends.
It had to be so,
it couldn’t be no.
But try as hard as I might do,
I don’t know why.
You get to me in a way
I can’t describe.
Words mean so little
when you look up and smile.
I don’t care what people say,
to me you’re more than a child
Oh, Clair.
Clair
Clair
If ever a moment so rare
Was captured for all to compare.
That moment is you
in all that you do.
But why in spite of our
age difference do I cry.
Each time I leave you
I feel I could die.
Nothing means more to me
than hearing you say,
"I’m going to marry you.
Will you marry me?
Oh hurray!"
Oh, Clair.
Clair
Clair
I’ve told you before
"Don’t you dare!"
"Get back into bed."
"Can’t you see that it’s late."
"No you can’t have a drink."
"Oh all right then,
but wait just a minute."
While I, in an effort to babysit,
catch up on my breath,
What there is left of it.
You can be murder
at this hour of the day.
But in the morning the sun
will see my lifetime away.
Oh, Clair
Clair
Oh, Clair
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