You're So Vain: Mystery Solved?

After decades of speculation, Carly Simon has finally shed some serious light on her elusive 1972 hit. Fans and friends have suspected some of Simon's high profile exes such as Mick Jagger, Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson and Cat Stevens to be the target of "You're So Vain," but the singer kept her lips sealed. When asked in interviews about the mystery man, she often responded that the song really reflected a melange of people and relationships from throughout the course of her life.  However, in a recent interview with Uncut Magazine, Simon said that the answer can (finally!) be heard at the end of the song's acoustic version on her new album, "Never Been Gone." Britain's Sun has a clip where the whisper is played both forward and backward.  They suggest that she's saying the name David, but let's be honest, David kind of sounds like Beatty or Baby or any other number of other muffled names.  Word on the street is that she is referring to David Geffen, a music producer and head of Elektra records at the time.  Apparently Simon resented his favoritism towards then rival Joni Mitchell...?  Pretty anticlimactic if you ask me.  I prefer to imagine that an unraveling high-profile relationship in the 60s inspired this classic break-up song.