Sweet Home Alabama
~ Recording by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 2.1 | Sweet Home Alabama | 4:45 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music New Zealand Limited (Universal’s subsidiary in New Zealand; DO NOT USE as an imprint) | 5312246, 5312247 |
Relationships
| miscellaneous support: | Ronnie Van Zant |
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| engineer and producer: | Al Kooper |
| drums (drum set): | Bob Burns (Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer) |
| electric bass guitar: | Leon Wilkeson |
| electric guitar: | Allen Collins Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) Gary Rossington |
| keyboard: | Billy Powell |
| background vocals: | Merry Clayton Clydie King |
| lead vocals: | Ronnie Van Zant |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Geffen Records (in 1974) UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1974) |
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| produced for: | Sounds of the South Productions |
| compiled in: | Track 3 by [unknown] (order: 8) |
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| 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 (2Pac feat. Dr. Dre vs Lynyrd Skynyrd) by FAROFF & Burst'n Sweet Home Country Grammar ’05 (Lynyrd Skynyrd vs. Nelly) by DJ Mei-Lwun 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: | Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 398) (order: 398) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/5LOPo4Ykl6J74fajSPdady [info] |
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| recording of: | Sweet Home Alabama |
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Related works
Sweet Home Alabama
| miscellaneous support: | Ronnie Van Zant |
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| writer: | Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) Gary Rossington Ronnie Van Zant |
| publisher: | Hustler Inc. Leeds Music Corp. |
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| later parody versions: | Sweet Grind Alabama Sweet Oholibamah |
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| later translated parody versions: | Miña terra galega |
| later versions: | Cartes postales d'Alabama |
| is the basis for: | All Summer Long Lee Bowyer and Bakke Sold Out Alabama |