# The really important question about "You're So Vain"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-important-question-about-youre-so-vain/380106>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 12, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-important-question-about-youre-so-vain/380106 "2006-11-12T15:12:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-important-question-about-youre-so-vain/380106/1 "2006-11-12T15:12:12Z")

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Me and KD were listening to music this morning on the radio and they played Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain”. We know that everyone always asks who the song is about but that is not what me and KD really want to know. The song has some really, really good guitar solos…Who is the guitarist?

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-important-question-about-youre-so-vain/380106/2 "2006-11-12T16:25:04Z")

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From what I can gather in the credits, it seems to have been Lowell George playing the main solo.

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-important-question-about-youre-so-vain/380106/3 "2006-11-12T16:51:26Z")

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And Mick Jagger singing backup.

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**Author:** ![shizaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@shizaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shizaru)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-important-question-about-youre-so-vain/380106/4 "2006-11-12T17:15:06Z")

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I always thought that song was about me…🙂

Sorry, I couldn’t resist the lame joke.