On this day in music history:January 11,1973. Youre So Vain is a song written and performed by Carly Simon and released in November 1972. The song is a critical profile of a self-absorbed lover; Simon asserts Youre so vain, you probably think this song is about you. The title subjects identity has long been a matter of speculation. The song is memorable for the clever self-reference, an example of metafiction. The song is ranked at #82 on Billboards Greatest Songs of All-Time. Youre So Vain was voted #216 in RIAAs Songs of the Century. And on August 23, 2014, the U.K. Official Charts Company crowned it the ultimate song of the 1970s. It remains Simons biggest hit and is considered her signature song. The distinctive bass guitar intro is played by Klaus Voormann. The song was a number-one hit in the US, Canada and Australia and reached number four in Ireland and South Africa. Bowing at #99 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 December 1972, the song took only five more weeks to rocket to the top of the chart, where it stayed for the first three weeks of 1973, also spending two weeks at the top of the Easy Listening chart in early 1973, her first number one on either chart. Youre So Vain was Simons breakthrough hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number three on the UK chart on its original release in 1973. The song was re-released in the UK in 1991 to cash in on its inclusion in a commercial for Dunlop Tyres, peaking at number 41. Heres a video. https://youtube/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:17:01 +0000
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