Sweet Home Alabama
1974 single by Lynyrd Skynyrd / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the film, see Sweet Home Alabama (film).
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band's second album Second Helping (1974). It was written in response to Neil Young's 1970 song "Southern Man", which the band felt blamed the entire South for American slavery;[5] Young is name-checked and dissed in the lyrics. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974, becoming the band's highest-charting single.[6]
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Single by Lynyrd Skynyrd | ||||
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B-side | "Take Your Time" | |||
Released | June 24, 1974 | |||
Recorded | June 1973 | |||
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Length | 4:43 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
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Producer(s) | Al Kooper | |||
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The song remains a staple in southern and classic rock, and is arguably the band's signature song.[7][8][9][10]