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BootinUp

(51,645 posts) Thu Aug 28, 2025, 10:18 PM Aug 2025

You're So Vain

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You're So Vain (Original Post) BootinUp Aug 2025 OP

Did anyone ever figure out if she was talking about Mick Jagger or Warren Beatty? Bayard Aug 2025 #1

Saw this on a lyrics page BootinUp Aug 2025 #2

This came out when I was in high school, Bayard Aug 2025 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Aug 2025 #4

Bayard

(30,288 posts)

1. Did anyone ever figure out if she was talking about Mick Jagger or Warren Beatty?

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Thu Aug 28, 2025, 11:49 PM

Aug 2025

BootinUp

(51,645 posts)

2. Saw this on a lyrics page

Reply to Bayard (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 11:59 PM

Aug 2025

“You’re So Vain” is an infamously mysterious song about someone’s arrogance. It was inspired by several subjects — Simon told People in November 2015 that the second verse is about American actor and director Warren Beatty, who she dated in the 1970s.

Each verse is directed at a unique subject, but the remaining two muses are unknown. Some unsuccessful guesses have included Mick Jagger, who sings backup vocals on the song, and James Taylor, who Simon was married to for eleven years.

https://genius.com/Carly-simon-youre-so-vain-lyrics

Bayard

(30,288 posts)

3. This came out when I was in high school,

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 12:04 AM

Aug 2025

Looong before she got together with James. I could believe either of the other two.

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