Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)

E340729
single song

"Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" is a Janet Jackson song that prominently samples Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” and features Simon in a reworked, confrontational R&B/hip-hop context.

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Label Occurrences
Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) canonical 2
Son of a Gun (Album Version) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album All for You ⓘ
artist Janet Jackson ⓘ
basedOn You're So Vain ⓘ
creditedWriter Carly Simon ⓘ
Janet Jackson ⓘ
Missy Elliott ⓘ
featuredArtist Carly Simon ⓘ
Missy Elliott ⓘ
featuresReworkedSampleOf You're So Vain ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasCallAndResponseWith Carly Simon vocals ⓘ
hasConfrontationalTone true ⓘ
hasNotableSample You're So Vain hook ⓘ
hasRapSectionBy Missy Elliott ⓘ
hasSubTitle I Betcha Think This Song Is About You ⓘ
hasVersion Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Son of a Gun (Album Version)

Son of a Gun (The Original Flyte Tyme Remix) ⓘ
surface form: Son of a Gun (P. Diddy Remix)

Son of a Gun (Rock Remix) ⓘ
Son of a Gun (The Original Flyte Tyme Remix) ⓘ
includedInAlbum All for You ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme betrayal ⓘ
confrontation ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
notableCollaborationBetween Janet Jackson ⓘ
surface form: Janet Jackson and Carly Simon

Janet Jackson ⓘ
surface form: Janet Jackson and Missy Elliott
performer Carly Simon ⓘ
Janet Jackson ⓘ
Missy Elliott ⓘ
primaryArtist Janet Jackson ⓘ
sampledArtist Carly Simon ⓘ
samples You're So Vain ⓘ
usesElementFrom You're So Vain chorus ⓘ
You're So Vain lyrics ⓘ
You're So Vain melody ⓘ
vocalist Carly Simon ⓘ
Janet Jackson ⓘ
Missy Elliott ⓘ
vocalStyle melodic chorus ⓘ
rap verse ⓘ
spoken word sections ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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All for You Tour → setlistIncludes → Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) ⓘ
Someone to Call My Lover → followedBySingle → Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) ⓘ
Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) → hasVersion → Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Son of a Gun (Album Version)