and another one bites the dust

DETROIT (Billboard) - Canadian pop singer Sarah McLachlan is splitting from her husband of 11 years, and is sharing her grief with fans in two new songs.

"U Want Me 2" and "Don't Give Up on Us" both appear on her upcoming greatest hits album "Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan," which comes out October 7 via Arista Records in both a single-disc version and a two-CD deluxe package.

"I'm separating from my husband, so these are the songs about that," McLachlan, 40, told Billboard.com.

McLachlan and her husband Ashwin Sood, who plays drums in her band, reside in Vancouver. They have two daughters, six-year-old Ann Sushil and Taja Summer, 14 months.

"I wasn't planning on saying anything," McLachlan added, "but it's gonna come out at some point. I haven't said anything about it because I've been terrified to, but I figure ... there's no good time to say it, so I just said it."

McLachlan called the situation "pretty gross" but did not elaborate on reasons for the separation or the couple's future plans.

She described "U Want Me 2" as "about that really uncertain, confusing place at the end of a relationship when there's no communication or closure, everything's still up in the air and there's a lot of anger and sadness. It's sort of that working through 'How do we move forward ... with some dignity and grace."

"Don't Give Up," she said, is "pretty self-explanatory, basically just a plea to give it another chance and keep trying."

McLachlan wrote both songs with her longtime producer Pierre Marchand. The video for "U Want Me 2" premiered Wednesday on Amazon.com.

McLachlan is planning a series of TV appearances to promote "Closer." She said she's also working on more new material and hopes to have a new album out within the next two years.

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kaylajoy21 11th-Sep-2008 01:00 am (UTC)

:( I love her so much. This actually does make me sad.

floatingworlds 11th-Sep-2008 01:28 am (UTC)

Me too. :(

furrydepends 11th-Sep-2008 01:01 am (UTC)

I knew that was coming.

letloverule42 11th-Sep-2008 01:02 am (UTC)

how? it's not like either she or ash have been in the public eye, like, at all recently.

furrydepends 11th-Sep-2008 01:05 am (UTC)

I read a while ago that she had replaced her drummer.

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drasticsigns 11th-Sep-2008 01:01 am (UTC)

At first I thought this was saying Sarah McLachlan had died. That scared me.

Still, this is very sad news.

juteux 11th-Sep-2008 01:02 am (UTC)

me too. yikes. D:

ilurveyoohoos 11th-Sep-2008 01:03 am (UTC)

ahhh me too :(

ariesangel404 11th-Sep-2008 01:05 am (UTC)

Sane here.

gimmeachipwich 11th-Sep-2008 01:13 am (UTC)

me too :/

cloudlessangel 11th-Sep-2008 01:33 am (UTC)

So did I, bb.

jennalol927 11th-Sep-2008 02:10 am (UTC)

Ahhh, me too.

boo_xo 11th-Sep-2008 02:22 am (UTC)

me too . thats usually what it means

violue 11th-Sep-2008 04:24 am (UTC)

god me too, my heart dropped for a moment before i read on

noooooooo :( i still remember when they got married.

crazyjaney 11th-Sep-2008 01:02 am (UTC)

I'm actually kinda surprised :-/

chibi_pink 11th-Sep-2008 01:02 am (UTC)

awe, that's sad. Such a long time...

avalie 11th-Sep-2008 01:02 am (UTC)

i totally thought she was a lesbian. and the headline made me think she died, at first.

simpleyetcolin 11th-Sep-2008 01:02 am (UTC)

miss_gulch Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:03 am (UTC)

jennyherself Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:05 am (UTC)

UGH I HATE THIS VIDEO. i have to change the station. my dad thought i was joking and wouldn't change it and i just sobbed :(

madeinitalyox Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 07:30 pm (UTC)

Haha I change it too

la_petite_singe Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:06 am (UTC)

I change the channel every time! I teared up in the DINING HALL once when it came on and I was like "NEVER AGAIN."

luvislikeheroin Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:07 am (UTC)

I refuse to watch it when it comes on, it just makes me sob like crazy.

steamedmirror Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:08 am (UTC)

I've never watched this video all the way through. Too depressing.

cinecat Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:11 am (UTC)

i change the channel. my mom starts screaming if i don't

promisemewings Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:11 am (UTC)

Gawd, I can't watch that commercial without crying.

ultravlntmoloko Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:11 am (UTC)

yes. i have a nervous breakdown and cry and then i think about how i have 3 animals but i want to take all the ones in on the commercial :(

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holymerde Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:17 am (UTC)

makes me cry just to think of it. :(

dyingtolive87 Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:26 am (UTC)

If I ever need to cry on cue I just need to see this commercial.
I can't wait until I'm older financially stable so I can adopt a million animals. They all deserve good homes, D:

loloencia Re: Don't you just want to kill yourself when this comes on? — 11th-Sep-2008 01:56 am (UTC)

I cannot watch this entire thing without getting sad. I also have 3 animals and every time I see another up for adoption somewhere, I want to bring it home with me.