Sweet Home Alabama

Summary

Sweet Home Alabama is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,383 views/month, #138 of 19,375).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sweet Home Alabama's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• Sweet Home Alabama's composer is recorded as Ed King^[4].
• Sweet Home Alabama's composer is recorded as Gary Rossington^[5].
• Sweet Home Alabama's composer is recorded as Ronnie Van Zant^[6].
• Sweet Home Alabama's genre is rock music^[7].
• Sweet Home Alabama followed Don't Ask Me No Questions^[8].
• Sweet Home Alabama was followed by Free Bird^[9].
• Sweet Home Alabama was followed by Still in Saigon^[10].
• Sweet Home Alabama was produced by Al Kooper^[11].
• Sweet Home Alabama was performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd^[12].
• Sweet Home Alabama's record label is recorded as MCA Records^[13].
• Sweet Home Alabama is part of Second Helping^[14].
• Sweet Home Alabama's language of work or name is recorded as English^[15].
• Sweet Home Alabama was distributed by music streaming^[16].
• Sweet Home Alabama's country of origin is recorded as United States^[17].
• Sweet Home Alabama was released on 1974^[18].
• Sweet Home Alabama's lyricist is recorded as Ed King^[19].
• Sweet Home Alabama's lyricist is recorded as Gary Rossington^[20].
• Sweet Home Alabama's lyricist is recorded as Ronnie Van Zant^[21].
• Sweet Home Alabama's tonality is recorded as D major^[22].
• Sweet Home Alabama's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sweet Home Alabama'}^[23].
• Sweet Home Alabama's different from is recorded as Sweet Home Alabama^[24].
• Sweet Home Alabama's form of creative work is recorded as song^[25].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Song^[26]

• Community tags: meme^[27]

• MusicBrainz ID: 39fba9bc-c614-3bb7-874f-f46b320ab54d^[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Sweet Home Alabama was performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd^[12]. It was produced by Al Kooper^[11].

Publication

Sweet Home Alabama was released on 1974^[18]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[15]. Its genre is rock music^[7]. It is part of Second Helping^[14]. It was distributed by music streaming^[16].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Sweet Home Alabama followed Don't Ask Me No Questions^[8]. Successors include Free Bird^[9] and Still in Saigon^[10].

Why It Matters

Sweet Home Alabama ranks in the top 0.71% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,383 views/month, #138 of 19,375).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29]