the song you're so vain was based on warren beatty.
the song you're so vain was based on warren beatty.
who was the song you're so vain based on?
warren beatty
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"you're so vain" is a song written in 1971 by carly simon and released in november 1972. 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, actor warren beatty.
you're so vain
based on this commandment, second temple judaism by the hellenistic period developed a taboo of pronouncing the name of god at all, resulting in the replacement of the tetragrammaton by "adonai" (literally "my lords" – see adonai) in pronunciation.
thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy god in vain