Sweet Home Alabama

~ Recording by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
2.17Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Biggest BBQ Album
2.7Sweet Home Alabama4:47Lynyrd SkynyrdTime Life Music - Rock Classics: Masterpieces
  • 2007 -
1.4Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdTop Gear Anthems: The Greatest Ever Driving Songs
1.8Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdTop Gear: The Best Driving Songs
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdGreen Series: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • 2008-01-29 CA
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdColour Collection
  • 2008-03-25 XE
2.8Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdPlaylist Plus: Classic Rock
  • 2008-04-29 US
3.2Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdThe 70s Collection
  • 2008-04-29 DE
1.12Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdBayern 3: Los Rockos!
  • 2008-05-02 XE
2.3Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdDie Hit‐Giganten: Rockparty
  • 2008-05-02 DE
1.9Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Perfect Driving Album
  • 2008-05-10 AU
1.9Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Perfect Driving Album
  • 2008-05-28 AU
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdFavorites
  • 2008-06-10 -
1.3Sweet Home Alabama4:39Lynyrd SkynyrdAbsolute Rock Anthems
  • 2008-06-25 SE
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Complete Collection
  • 2008-07-08 EE
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdGreatest Hits
  • 2008-08-18 GB
2.1Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps
  • 2008-08-22 AU
1.19Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdLiving for the Weekend
  • 2008-08-25 GB
1.2Sweet Home Alabama4:38Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Very Best of While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  • 2008-09-01 GB
4.10Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Ultimate Collection: Feeling Good: 100 Hits
  • 2008-09-29 GB
2.1Sweet Home Alabama4:41Lynyrd Skynyrd100 Hits: Drivetime
  • 2008-10-06 GB
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:47Lynyrd SkynyrdSecond Helping
  • 2008-10-06 GB
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:37Lynyrd SkynyrdThe World's Best Ever Beer Songs: 10th Anniversary
  • 2008-10-06 AU
1.2Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdClassic Rock
  • 2008-12-01 GB
1.3Sweet Home Alabama4:39Lynyrd Skynyrd10 jaar Top 2000
1.7Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd Skynyrd100% Classic Rock
2.8Sweet Home Alabama4:41Lynyrd SkynyrdClassic Rock
2.1Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdDad’s Jukebox
1.2Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Road Songs that Rock
1.11Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdEven Better Than the Real Hit! Rock Edition
1.5Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdGreatest Ever! Dad: The Definitive Collection
1.15Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdNOW That’s What I Call Classic Rock
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdPlaylist + Plus
3.1Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Après Ski Collection
1.2Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Ultimate Collection: Driving Songs – 100 Hits
2.7Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Ultimate Collection: Seventies
1.13Sweet Home Alabama (album version)4:41Lynyrd SkynyrdWir rocken den Sommer
2.5Sweet Home Alabama4:42Lynyrd SkynyrdDie ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Lieblingssongs der Männer
  • 2009-05-22 DE
1.7Sweet Home Alabama4:41Lynyrd SkynyrdFor Fuld Musik 2
  • 2009-05-25 DK
2.5Sweet Home Alabama4:37Lynyrd SkynyrdSuper Rock Hits
  • 2009-05-29 AT
3.2Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdDad Rocks!
  • 2009-06-01 GB
1.13Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdUltimate Blues
  • 2009-06-08 GB
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdDie Hit-Giganten: Country & Folk
  • 2009-06-12 DE
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdLegends of Rock
  • 2009-07-14 CA
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdLegends of Rock
  • 2009-07-14 CA
1.2Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdBayern 1 – Die Oldie‐WM
  • 2009-07-31 DE
1.6Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdRockline
  • 2009-08-03 FR
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdStar-Club
  • 2009-08-11 DE
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdAll Time Greatest Hits
  • 2009-09-15 XW
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdSecond Helping
  • 2009-10-13 US
3.2Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Best Rock Anthems ...Ever!
  • 2009-11-16 GB
1.11Sweet Home Alabama4:42Lynyrd SkynyrdChart Boxx: Best of Rock
1.4Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdFeten Fun: Rock Classics
  • 2009 -
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdFetenhits: Real Classics
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:41Lynyrd SkynyrdGuitar Monsters - Collector's Edition Disk 3
  • 2009 -
1.14Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdHitarchief Top 2000
1.1Sweet Home Alabama?:??Lynyrd SkynyrdLegends of Rock
  • 2009 -
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdSecond Helping (limited edition, numbered, remastered, repress)
2.13Sweet Home Alabama4:37Lynyrd SkynyrdSuper Oldie Hits, Volume 2
  • 2010-04-02 AT
3.13Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdAmerican Anthems
  • 2010-05-24 GB
1.2Sweet Home Alabama4:39Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Old Grey Whistle Test
  • 2010-06-04 IE
  • 2010-06-04 GB
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Old Grey Whistle Test
  • 2010-06-07 GB
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdIcon
  • 2010-08-31 US
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdIcon 2
  • 2010-08-31 US
2.15Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdKids Car Playlist
  • 2010-09-03 AU
5.4Sweet Home Alabama4:42Lynyrd Skynyrd100 Essential Power Ballads
  • 2010-09-13 PL
3.3Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdHaynes Driving Anthems
  • 2010-11-12 GB
1.5Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdDe Pré Historie 70
  • 2010-12-03 BE
5.20Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd Skynyrd100 Country Classics
4.1Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd Skynyrd100 Essential Power Ballads
1.6Sweet Home Alabama4:41Lynyrd SkynyrdAbsolute Soft Rock Anthems
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdBest Of
  • 2010 -
3.3Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdHaynes Driving Anthems
2.9Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdLes 100 plus grands tubes Rock Line
  • 2010 -
2.13Sweet Home Alabama4:39Lynyrd SkynyrdRadio 1 Classics, Volume 1
3.1Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Complete Classic Rock Collection
  • 2010 -
3.1Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Complete Classic Rock Collection
2.11Sweet Home Alabama (album version)4:42Lynyrd SkynyrdForrest Gump: The Soundtrack (special collector’s edition)
  • 2011-01-13 US
1.5Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdMillion Dollar Riff
  • 2011-02-28 AU
1.3Sweet Home Alabama4:37Lynyrd SkynyrdAmerican Anthems
  • 2011-03-18 AT
  • 2011-03-18 DE
  • 2011-03-18 LI
  • 2011-03-18 CH
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:42Lynyrd SkynyrdSecond Helping
  • 2011-07-20 JP
5.1Sweet Home Alabama4:47Lynyrd Skynyrd5 Original Albums
  • 2011-08-15 XE
1.15Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Weather Channel Presents: The Sounds of Spring
  • 2011-09-09 AU
2.20Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdDie Hit-Giganten: Best of Rock
  • 2011-09-16 DE
2.1Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdGreatest Ever! Rock Anthems: The Definitive Collection
  • 2011-09-19 GB
6.10Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdNachtexpress 1969–2010, Folge 1–3: Das Hitpaket zur Kultsendung
  • 2011 -
5.9Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Ultimate Collection: Running Songs – 100 Hits
3.3Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdTotally 70s
2.20Sweet Home Alabama4:46Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Boys Are Back in Town 2012
  • 2012-05-28 GB
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdSouthern Surroundings: The Ultimate Skynyrd Collection
  • 2012-08-07 US
2.8Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdGreatest Guitar Riffs of All Time
  • 2012-11-12 GB
2.14Sweet Home Alabama (album version)4:41Lynyrd SkynyrdDie ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Rock-Hymnen
  • 2012-11-23 DE
2.8Sweet Home Alabama4:41Lynyrd SkynyrdBild am Sonntag: Oldie‐Party Rock
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdGood Times "KULT" Die 60 besten Kulthits
1.12Sweet Home Alabama4:45Lynyrd SkynyrdBest Of
  • 2013-01-01 XW
1.1Sweet Home Alabama4:40Lynyrd SkynyrdClassic ’70s Rock: 30 Super Hits
  • 2013-01-31 XW
3.17Sweet Home Alabama4:43Lynyrd SkynyrdHet beste uit de Top 70ies 700
  • 2013-03-25 BE
2.2Sweet Home Alabama4:40Lynyrd Skynyrd40 ans, les nocturnes Georges Lang
  • 2013-04-29 FR
1.7Sweet Home Alabama4:40Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Only Classic Rock Album You’ll Ever Need
  • 2013-05-27 ZA
1.11Sweet Home Alabama4:44Lynyrd SkynyrdEddie Stobart Trucking Songs
  • 2013-05-31 GB

Relationships

miscellaneous support:Ronnie Van Zant
engineer and producer:Al Kooper
drums (drum set):Bob Burns (in 1973-07)
electric bass guitar:Leon Wilkeson (in 1973-07)
electric guitar:Allen Collins (in 1973-07)
Ed King (in 1973-07)
Gary Rossington (in 1973-07)
keyboard:Billy Powell (in 1973-07)
background vocals:Merry Clayton (in 1973-07)
Clydie King (in 1973-07)
lead vocals:Ronnie Van Zant (in 1973-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Geffen Records (in 1974)
MCA Records (in 1974)
MCA Records Ltd. (in 1974)
MCA Records, Inc. (in 1974)
UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1974)
Universal Music (in 1974)
produced for:Sounds of the South Productions
recorded at:Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, United States (in 1973-07)
compiled in:Track 3 by [unknown] (order: 8)
has remixes:Sweet Home Alabama (Drum & Bass Remix)
sampled by:Home Sweet Home by Rev Run
Sweet Home California (The Real Version) by Malice
mash-ups:Meet Your Sweet Master Alabama (Nine Inch Nails vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd) by ToToM
Sweet Home California by FAROFF & Burst'n
Sweet Home Country Grammar ’05 (Lynyrd Skynyrd vs. Nelly) by DJ Mei-Lwun
sweet home insanity by owl starlight
We Will Rock Beverly Hills (Tripp's What's All This Hype mix) (Weezer vs. Queen vs. Joan Jett and The Blackhearts vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd) by DJ Tripp
part of:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 114)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 398) (order: 398)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/5LOPo4Ykl6J74fajSPdady [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/7e89621JPkKaeDSTQ3avtg [info]
recording of:Sweet Home Alabama (in 1973-07)

Related works

Sweet Home Alabama

miscellaneous support:Ronnie Van Zant
writer:Ed King
Gary Rossington
Ronnie Van Zant
publisher:Hustler Inc.
Leeds Music Corp.
MCA Music Ltd.
Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH
Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd
later parody versions:Sweet Grind Alabama
Sweet Oholibamah
later translated parody versions:Miña terra galega
later versions:Cartes postales d'Alabama
is the basis for:All Summer Long
Lee Bowyer and Bakke
Lynyrd Skynyrd – smol alabama horse
Sold Out Alabama