Sweet Home Alabama

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Written by: Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
Produced by: Al Kooper
Released: April '74 on MCA
Charts: 17 weeks
Top spot: No. 8

Van Zant sang this pissed-off answer to Neil Young's "Southern Man," and even Young loved it. "I'd rather play 'Sweet Home Alabama' than 'Southern Man' anytime," Young said. The admiration was mutual; Van Zant wore a Young T-shirt on the cover of Skynyrd's final album, Street Survivors, and according to legend, he is buried in the shirt.

Appears on: Second Helping (MCA)

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