Carly Simon Confirms 'You're So Vain' Is About Warren Beatty (Sort Of)

Carly Simon has finally confirmed to PEOPLE what many have suspected for the last 44 years, the subject of her hit 1970's song "You're So Vain" is actor Warren Beatty.

"I have confirmed that the second verse is Warren," she tells PEOPLE in an interview promoting her upcoming memoir, Boys in the Trees, to be released later this month. The singer goes on to joke that although only a portion of the song is a reference to the Oscar winner, "Warren thinks the whole thing is about him!"

Yet Simon continues to keep the mystery behind the iconic song, explaining that the other verses refer to two other men who will remain anonymous for now.

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Carly Simon first rose to fame in the 1970s 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.

For her 1988 hit "Let the River Run", from the film Working Girl, Simon became the first artist in history to win aGrammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "You're So Vain" in 2004, and awarded the ASCAP Founders Award in 2012. [source]

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