 It was released in Canada on 10 September 1993 by Nettwerk Records.The song appears twice on the album, as the first track and as a hidden track at the end, which is a solo piano version.“Possession” is written from the viewpoint of a man obsessed with a woman, and was inspired by consistent fan letters to McLachlan some time before the writing of the song from a computer programmer from Ottawa, Ontario named Uwe Vandrei, who sued McLachlan for using his words without crediting him.