Sweet Home Alabama

genre

 * Southern rock

artist

 * Lynyrd Skynyrd

album

 * Second Helping

significance

 * their biggest hit at number eight
 * their first top ten hit
 * their first hit single

success

 * certified gold
 * charted at number eight

trivia

 * It was written in response to the Neil Young song Alabama. It was rumored to have been written in response to Southern Man due to the lyrics, but it was later denied.
 * The song caused controversy due to its lines about Birmingham, the governor, and Watergate.
 * A similar piano chord is used in the Warren Zevon song Werewolves of London. Both chords are sampled in the Kid Rock hit All Summer Long.
 * their only top ten hit