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"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd was released in 1974 on the band's second album Second Helping. The song achieved significant commercial success, reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the band's highest-charting single to date.
Lyrics ↗What the lyrics are about
The song was created as a response to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama," which the band interpreted as assigning blame to the entire Southern United States for slavery. The lyrics directly reference and criticize Young.
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