Back أنت مغرور جدا (أغنية) Arabic You're So Vain Spanish خیلی پرافادهای Persian You're So Vain French You're So Vain HE You're So Vain Italian うつろな愛 Japanese You're So Vain Dutch You’re So Vain NB You're So Vain Portuguese
| "You're So Vain" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side A of US single | ||||
| Single by Carly Simon | ||||
| from the album No Secrets | ||||
| B-side | "His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin" | |||
| Released | November 8, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Studio | Trident | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:19 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Carly Simon | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard Perry[3] | |||
| Carly Simon singles chronology | ||||
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| "You're So Vain" on YouTube | ||||
"You're So Vain" is a song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Carly Simon and released in November 1972. It is one of the songs with which Simon is most identified, and in early 1973 reached No. 1 in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In 1994, it was ranked 72nd in Billboard magazine's 50th anniversary all-time chart.[4] "You're So Vain" was voted No. 216 in RIAA's Songs of the Century,[5] and in August 2014, the UK's Official Charts Company crowned it the ultimate song of the 1970s.[6] In 2021, the song was ranked 495th on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[7] The song was nominated for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 16th Annual Grammy Awards.
The song is a critical profile of a self-absorbed lover about whom Simon asserts, "You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you." The title subject's identity has long been a matter of speculation, with Simon stating that the song refers to three men, only one of whom she has named publicly: Warren Beatty.[8]
The distinctive bass guitar intro is played by Klaus Voormann.[9] The strings were arranged by Simon and orchestrated by Paul Buckmaster, and Simon plays piano on the track.
Record World reviewed the single calling it "Carly's most commercial song yet" with "brilliant lyric and melody, and stunning string arrangements by Superwoman Simon."[10]
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The meta-pop song that keeps on giving, with a central mystery so all-consuming that it can take time to notice the subtler brilliances of its writing, production and performance.
- ^ Savage, Mark (May 5, 2017). "You're So Vain's 'lost' verse premiered". BBC News. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (80–71)". Billboard. May 21, 1994. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "Songs of the Century". CNN. March 7, 2001. Archived from the original on February 11, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ Myers, Justin (August 23, 2014). "Official Charts Pop Gem #70: Carly Simon – You're So Vain". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021.
- ^ Dowd, Kathy Erich; Hubbard, Kim (November 18, 2015). "People Exclusive: Carly Simon Says 'You're So Vain' Is About Warren Beatty – Well, Only the Second Verse: 'He Thinks the Whole Thing Is About Him!'". People. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ "Klaus Voormann : Biography". Voormann.com. August 1, 1971. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 25, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
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