Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama is one of Lynyrd Skynyrd's most recognizable songs, and a Southern rock classic. It charted at number eight.

trivia

 * The song has the following verse:

"In Birmingham, they love the governor (boo boo boo)

Now we all did what we could do

Now Watergate does not bother me

Does your conscience bother you?

Tell the truth"

This caused controversy due to then-governor George Wallace being associated with Watergate and pro-segregation.


 * The song has the following verse

"Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her.

Well I heard ol' Neil put 'er down

Well I hope Neil Young will remember

A Southern man don't need him around anyhow."

This led to rumors that the song was inspired by the Neil Young song Southern Man, but in fact it was inspired by his song Alabama.