For years, music aficionados have speculated about who singer-songwriter Carly Simon was talking about in her 1972 hit song "You're So Vain." During promotion for her upcoming memoir "Boys in Trees," Simon finally revealed the man who inspired her to write her iconic song, reported People.
"I have confirmed that the second verse is Warren," Simon told People, revealing that actor Warren Beatty was the man who inspired her lyrics.
In the second verse, Simon, 70, sings: "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."
It was speculated that the song was about Kris Kristofferson, David Cassidy, David Bowie or Beatty, and Beatty came forward as the male muse behind the song in a 1999 interview, according to Entertainment Weekly.
"Oh, let's be honest, that song is about me; it's not about Mick Jagger; it's about me," said Beatty, according to an excerpt from Sheila Weller's 2009 biography of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon, "Girls Like Us."
Simon went on to reveal that the whole song isn't about Beatty, and the other verses in the song refer to two other men. She has yet to name who they are.
"I don't think so," she told People when asked if she will reveal their identities at a later date. "At least until they know it's about them."
