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Who sang Sweet Home Alabama?

Lynyrd Skynyrd released the song Sweet Home Alabama. Date of release: 24/6/1974.

Release date: 24/6/1974

Duration: 04:44

Writer(s): Ed King

Producer(s): Al Kooper

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🎶 Sweet Home Alabama song analysis

The lyrics express the narrator's nostalgia for his home, Alabama. He remembers the sounds of the artists and people who supported and encouraged him. He returns home to find the comfort and love he deserves.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Sweet Home Alabama’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Short Biography

- Lynyrd Skynyrd was formed under the name My Backyard in 1964.
- The band went through several lineup and name changes before settling on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" in 1969.
- The band released its first album in 1973 with a lineup that included bassist Leon Wilkeson, keyboardist Billy Powell and guitarist Ed King.
- Artimus Pyle replaced Bob Burns in 1974, and Steve Gaines replaced Ed King in 1976.
- At the height of their fame in the 1970s, the band popularized the southern rock genre with songs such as "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird.

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- "Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by the American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band's second album, Second Helping (1974).
- It was written in response to Neil Young's song "Southern Man" (1970), which the band claimed blamed the entire South for American slavery; Young is quoted and rejected in the lyrics.
- It peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974, becoming the band's highest charting single.
- The song remains a staple of Southern and classic rock, and is arguably the band's signature song.
- None of the song's three writers were from Alabama; Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington were both born in Jacksonville, Florida.

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