Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Music Video, Lyrics and Review

“Sweet Home Alabama” is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping.

Here is a promo video, Lynyrd Skynyrd performing ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ and ‘Don’t Ask Me No Questions’ from 1974.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics

Big wheels keep on turning
Carry me home to see my kin
Singing songs about the Southland
I miss Alabamy once again
And I think its a sin, yes

Well I heard mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I’m coming home to you

In Birmingham they love the governor
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I’m coming home to you
Here I come Alabama

Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they’ve been known to pick a song or two
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I’m feeling blue
Now how about you?

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I’m coming home to you

Sweet home Alabama
Oh sweet home baby
Where the skies are so blue
And the governor’s true
Sweet Home Alabama
Lordy
Lord, I’m coming home to you
Yea, yea Montgomery’s got the answer

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama Song Information

Despite controversy, it reached #8 on the US charts in 1974, and was the band’s second hit single.

None of the three writers of the song were originally from Alabama. Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington were both born in Jacksonville, Florida. Ed King was from Glendale, California.

“Sweet Home Alabama” was written as an answer to two songs, “Southern Man” and “Alabama” by Neil Young, which attacked the South as racist. “We thought Neil was shooting all the ducks in order to kill one or two,” said Ronnie Van Zant at the time.

Covers
Green Day has covered this song in concert.
Jewel recorded a cover version of the song for the movie Sweet Home Alabama.
Kid Rock’s 2007 song “All Summer Long” samples “Sweet Home Alabama” on the chorus and uses the guitar solo and piano outro; Billy Powell is featured on the track. “All Summer Long” also samples Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London,” which has an identical chord progression to “Sweet Home Alabama.” Since Kid Rock’s release, the original song has charted in the UK charts at number 68 thanks to Kid Rock.

Released 1974
Genre Southern rock
Length 4:45
Writers Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
Producer Al Kooper
Certification Platinum (RIAA)

source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Home_Alabama_(song)

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