SIMON NAMES WHO’S SO VAIN
CARLY SIMON has ended nearly 40 years of speculation by finally naming th= e man who inspired her hit YOU’RE SO VAIN - her target was gay record lab= el boss DAVID GEFFEN.
The song, which catapulted the singer to fame in 1972, was rumoured to = be about one of her ex-boyfriends, which include Hollywood legend Warren = Beatty and rocker Sir Mick Jagger, but she has persistently refused to na= me the man behind the track.
But Simon has now revealed who was so vain by giving fans a cryptic clu= e in an acoustic version of the song, which features on her upcoming alb= um Never Been Gone.
She tells Uncut magazine, "You know what, I’m just going to tell you th= is. The answer is on the new version of You’re So Vain, on my new record = Never Been Gone. There’s a little whisper and it’s the answer to the puzz= le." The singer whispers Geffen’s name backwards in the track, according to = Britain’s The Sun newspaper.
Geffen ran Simon’s Elektra record label at the time of the song’s relea= se and instead of being about a failed relationship, the lyrics are now t= hought to hint at the singer’s lingering resentment after Geffen allegedl= y put more effort into promoting rival star Joni Mitchell.
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