Olivia Rodrigo Honors Carly Simon at Rock Hall, Sings ‘You’re So Vain’
After an induction and performance from Sara Bareilles’, Olivia Rodrigo performed a passionate rendition of Carly Simon’s hit.
Olivia Rodrigo performs during her 2022 SOUR Tour at Radio City Music Hall on April 26, 2022 in New York City.
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On Saturday night (Nov. 5), the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 2022 class that included singer-songwriter great Carly Simon. After Sara Bareilles’ performance, Olivia Rodrigo performed “You’re So Vain” and was inducted.
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Taylor Swift called “Vain”, the video montage in tribute to Simon (who was unable attend the ceremony), “the best song ever written… it is the best way anyone can address a breakup, and it’s amazing.”
Wearing stockings and a gray dress, Rodrigo skipped on stage during the sing-songy chorus, giving a performance so convincing it was as if she had written the 50-year-old song herself.
“You’re So Vain” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. Simon is Simon’s only No. It was No. 1 on the tally. Bareilles’ hit single “Nobody Does It Better” reached No. 2 on the Hot 100.
The 2022 ceremony is the first time in the Hall’s 37-year history that six female acts — Benatar, Parton, Simon, Cotten, Robinson and Annie Lennox (as part of Eurythmics) — were inducted in one class.
The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which took place this year in Los Angeles, will air Nov. 19 on HBO.
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