I was the bastard -- so I was the one that, after all he had done for me, this is how I repaid him. And then when we split amicably, he told me that I would get it. I sued a manager and won.


I didn't get it.

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.

"I babysat for Gordon and his wife. The shirts off their backs was basically what I was given. The song was written not for her but for the parents. It is ironic that losing makes you more liked than winning.".

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Claire Lyrics. "We got a massive settlement -- a precedent was set there. Clair was just three years of age when O'Sullivan, the Waterford-born singer/songwriter, penned the number one song about her. "You must come to other shows," he told her, "I am really pleased you are here tonight.". I left that day determined to fight. It was horrible.

Clair's father, Gordon Mills, was O'Sullivan's manager. Complete your Gilbert O'Sullivan collection. It was written by O'Sullivan and produced by Gordon Mills, and is one of O'Sullivan… Menu Massively. "I should go into his office and see his managing director and sort it out. Gilbert O'Sullivan 'Out on his own' will be screened on Tuesday, April 20, at 10.15pm on RTE One.
"Clair" is a song by Gilbert O'Sullivan, released in 1972 as the first single from his second album Back to Front. "I think his big mistake was not letting me work with another producer.

But O'Sullivan and Mills later fell out -- and this culminated in a bitter legal dispute over publishing rights. 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 We said no. The tragedy of the whole litigation, with the breaking up, is not so much with him, but his family. As far as his family is concerned, they only saw what was on the surface. I went in there, and he tells me to 'f**k off'," he laughs, "It's not funny, because it was devastating. So what can you do? That was the first sampling case to go to court," says O' Sullivan. 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.

"All we said in the beginning was, 'Just don't put it out.' 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 weren't looking for money. I think the business turned on me. I grew very fond of her [Clair]. and he looked at me, and said, 'You get everything.' "On the day of the judgment, sitting with my lawyer and saying, 'What does that mean?' "The great thing about ownership is that we can protect it.

But being who they were, they just went ahead and released it. "So I got hold of American lawyers, and went through the whole process that I had to go though a few years earlier. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair / What Could Be Nicer at Discogs.

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. "What I wanted was the interest in my songs that had been promised to me.