The British papers and scads of American blogs (including a sheepish VF Daily) that reported on David Geffen’s alleged vanity are now singing a different tune. As ShowBiz411 reports: “David Geffen had nothing to do with Carly Simon in 1972. He ran Asylum Records. She was on Elektra. Jac Holzman ran Elektra and was in charge of the album ‘No Secrets’ and the song ‘You’re So Vain.’ It wasn’t until the next year that Elektra was merged with Asylum. In 1974, Carly released another album, called ‘Hot Cakes,’ on Elektra. Joni Mitchell released ‘Court and Spark.’” Well then! Time to retire Geffen’s new epithet.

Rumors indicating Geffen was the subject of the song surfaced after Simon revealed that on a recently recorded version of the song, she recites (backward) the name of its inspiration. One of these names is David. However, ShowBiz411 also spoke with someone who worked on the production of the song who says that Simon also says two other names: one that’s unintelligible, and “Warren,” an obvious reference to 29th President of the United States, Warren G. Harding.