For years of many speculations and for being quite, finally, Carly Elisabeth Simon, 70, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author, confirmed that her hit song You're So Vain was about Warren Beatty, her ex-lover.
In November 2015, Simon, promoting her about-to-be-published memoir "Boys in the Trees" said, "I have confirmed that the second verse is Warren (Beatty)," and added that while "Warren thinks the whole thing is about him," he is the subject only of that verse, with the remainder of the song referring to two other, still-unnamed men. The verse she's referring to goes as follows:
You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and...
Carly Simon said she doubts she will ever name the other men. "I don't think so, at least until they know it's about them." Simon marveled at how people have remained interested for so long. "Why do they want to know?" she said. "It's so crazy."
Carly Simon first rose to fame in the 1970's with a string of hit records. Her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), "You Belong To Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse" (No. 11), "Mockingbird" (No. 5), a duet with James Taylor, "You're So Vain" (No. 1), and "Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me. You're So Vain song sold more than a million copies in America in 1972-1973.
