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Clair

Gilbert O'Sullivan

1972

jaar
Top 40

4

piekpositie
Top 40

11

weken
Top 40

268

punten
Top 40

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Songinfo

Het lied is het liefdeslied van een oom voor zijn jonge nichtje. Echter het eerste deel van het lied zou ook kunnen wijzen op de liefde van een volwassene voor een andere volwassene. De korte instrumentale inleiding is het geluid dat Gilbert O'Sullivan al fluitend maakt, voordat het lied echt start. De echte Clair was dochter van O'Sullivans producer-manager Gordon Mills en zijn vrouw, het model Jo Waring. Het kleine meisje hoor je giechelend op het einde van het nummer. De "oom Ray" die in het nummer genoemd wordt, is Gilbert O'Sullivan zelf, het is een verwijzing naar zijn echte naam Raymond O'Sullivan. Het nummer op de B-kant is afkomstig uit de film "For the Love of Ada".

A-kant Titel

Clair

A-kant Lengte

3:00

A-kant Componist(en)

R. O'Sullivan

A-kant Producer(s)

Gordon Mills

B-kant titel

What Could Be Nicer

B-kant componist(en)

R. O'Sullivan

B-kant producer(s)

Gordon Mills

Platenlabel

MAM

Catalogusnr

6101 666

Hoogste positie UK

1

Hoogste positie US

2

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Songtekst

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, uncle Ray?"
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 bit
While I, in an effort to babysit
Catch of my breath what there is left of it
You can be murder at this hour of the day
But in the morning this hour will seem a lifetime away
Oh, Clair
Clair
Oh, Clair

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