The subject of the song "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon has its own interesting history. It was written in 1972. She said it was about men and not a specific man.
She refused to reveal the identify of the person. In 1983 she said it was not about Mick Jagger. That is who people thought it was about. Previously, she had said James Taylor was definitely not the subject of the song. She married him after writing the song.
Speculation continued. I guess it kept good press going in a time before social media.Even as decades passed, this identify curiosity continued.
In August 2003, Simon agreed to reveal the name of the song's subject to the highest bidder of the Martha's Vineyard Possible Dreams charity auction. With the top bid of $50,000, Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports and a friend of Simon, won the right to know the name of the subject of "You're So Vain". A condition of the prize was that Ebersol not reveal the name. Ebersol said Simon allowed him to divulge a clue about the person's name: "Carly told me that I could offer up to the entire world a clue as to what she'll tell me when we have this night in about two weeks. And the clue is: The letter 'E' is in the person's name."
She has divulged more letter clues - The name has the letters A and E and R.
Well, some has laid claim to this song being about him. Warren Beatty has: "Let's be honest. That song was about me."
In November 2015 she confirmed that the second verse is about Warren Beatty. Whether he is the subject of verse 1 and 3 remains a question. Verse 1 seems the key verse to me.
Lyrics
Son of a gun
You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror, as you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
This picture from a few years ago seems to reflect the sort of mystery in this song. It seems that the answer behind the door is just a blank wall. A guarded one, so is it blank? | 
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