Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd, May 8, 1944 in Banbury, Oxfordshire) … Read Full Bio ↴Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd, May 8, 1944 in Banbury, Oxfordshire) is a rock & pop singer who came to prominence in the glam rock era of the early 1970s. His reputation was greatly tarnished and his popularity quickly declined following a child pornography conviction, although he continued to record and release new work until his arrest and conviction on child abuse charges in 2006.

He had one of the longest chart runs of any solo singer during the 1970s. His success as a live performer lasted well beyond the 1970s, and the chant from his hit "Rock and Roll (Part 2)" is a perennially popular stadium anthem at sports events, particularly in the United States. Glitter's 1973 number 1 "I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!)" also remains one of the better-known songs of its era. He continued to record in the 1980s and 1990s, with his 1984 song "Another Rock And Roll Christmas" being one of the top 30 Christmas hits of all-time. In the UK alone Glitter scored more than 20 hit singles in the UK Top 75, and released more than twenty albums.

In 1999, Glitter was convicted of child pornography offences classifying him as a sex offender under UK law. He went to live in Vũng Tàu in Vietnam in March 2005 and applied for permanent resident status. Glitter then served three years in prison in Vietnam, convicted (in a highly controversial case) of sexually abusing two girls of 10 and 11 years of age, after being arrested on November 19, 2005.

In February 2015, he was jailed for 16 years for pedophilia in the 1970s.

To Know You Is to Love You
Gary Glitter Lyrics

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To know know know you is to love love love you
Just to see you smile makes my life worthwhile
To know know know you is to love love love you
And I do and I do and I do and I do and I do.

I'll be good to you, I'll bring love to you
Everyone says there'll come a day when I'll walk alongside of you
Yes yes to know you is to love love love you

And I do and I do and I do and I do and I do.

I can't believe how blind can she be ?
But someday you'll see that you were meant for me, oh oh.

To know know know you is to love love love you
And I do and I do and I do and I do and I do.

To know know know you is to love love love you
Just to see you smile makes my life worthwhile

To know know know you is to love love love you
And I do and I do and I do and I do and I do ...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Gary Glitter's song "To Know You Is to Love You" express the power and intensity of love. The chorus proclaims the singer's deep affection for their beloved, emphasizing that the more they come to know them, the more they love them. The line "Just to see you smile makes my life worthwhile" expresses how simple gestures of affection from the loved one can bring great joy and meaning to the singer's life. Additionally, the song expresses the singer's commitment to their beloved, vowing to be good to them and bring love to their life.

The second verse speaks to the singer's persistence and hope that someday their beloved will see that they were meant to be together. The lines "I can't believe how blind can she be? But someday you'll see that you were meant for me" express the singer's frustration with their love interest's lack of recognition for their love, but also their enduring belief that they are meant to be together. Overall, the lyrics of "To Know You Is to Love You" capture the overwhelming feeling of deeply loving someone and the hope and perseverance that can come with it.

Line by Line Meaning

To know know know you is to love love love you
The more I come to understand you, the deeper my affection for you becomes.

Just to see you smile makes my life worthwhile
By simply witnessing the joy on your face, my life gains purpose and meaning.

And I do and I do and I do and I do and I do.
I love you completely and without reservation.

I'll be good to you, I'll bring love to you
I will treat you kindly and show you affection with all that I am.

Everyone says there'll come a day when I'll walk alongside of you
Others believe that my enduring love for you will someday result in us being together.

Yes yes to know you is to love love love you
Indeed, the more I learn about you, the more I cannot help but adore you.

I can't believe how blind can she be ?
I cannot fathom why the woman in question cannot see that she is meant to be with me.

But someday you'll see that you were meant for me, oh oh.
One day, I believe you will come to realize that you and I are destined to be together.

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