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Over the years, Simon has also added an 'a' and an 'r', seemingly confirming that the whole song is about one particular guy. One of the conditions of the prize was that Ebersol wasn't allowed to reveal the answer, though at the time he shared a clue that Simon had already shared with him - that the man's name had the letter 'e' in it. In 2003, the president of NBC Sports Dick Ebersol was the winning bidder at a charity auction, paying US$50,000 (about AU$125,640 in today's money) for the privilege of having Simon tell him who the song was really about.

In 2009, she told a New York radio station she had hidden the name of Mr So Vain in a new recording of the song (more on that later), while several people, including Taylor Swift and radio show host Howard Stern, claim that Simon has revealed the subject's (singular) identity to them. It's sublime stuff that none of the dozens of unworthy covers delivered - not Chocolate Starfish's Aussie chart-buster, not shock-rocker Marilyn Manson's take, and especially not UK band Smokie's version with its misheard lyrics which replace the French term 'gavotte' with 'go by' in the first verse. Simon's performance is both strident and fragile - check out the way she sings the line 'But you gave away the things you loved', and then pulls within herself to deliver the heartbreaking follow-up 'and one of them was me'. You're So Vain succeeds on its sassy melody and witty-yet-heartfelt lyrics, particularly the hook of 'you're so vain you probably think this song is about you', which stands out amid a string of great lines. The song, which Rolling Stone included in its 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time, remains the biggest hit of Simon's career, though her smouldering Bond theme Nobody Does It Better is a close second.

By early January it was #1 in the US and on its way to going to #1 around the world.

Carky simon 1980 recird deal warner records