You’re So Vain (Carly Simon) – 1972

Before recording “You’re So Vain,” Carly Simon was not happy with the original lyrics, so she put it away until one time at a party when her friend called her attention to a celebrity guest and described his entrance as though he were walking onto a yacht. She later incorporated those words into her song.

In the song, Carly Simon describes a former love interest who is self-absorbed enough to think the song is about him because he’s so vain. There has long been speculation about the identity of this person. But Simon says that the song is about three men, even though only one of them is known—Warren Beatty.