Covers
An altered version by the country group Alabama (who changed the lyrics involving the Watergate scandal with a verse talking about Alabama football) was included on the 1994 tribute album Skynyrd Frynds.
In 1999, the Germany rock band Bonfire covered the song for their album, Fuel to the Flames and have performed the song live at concerts as well as for an acoustic performance (which was released as the double disc album One Acoustic Night).
In 2005, Universal Recording artists Boyz After Money Always (B.A.M.A.) recorded a rap remake to the classic rock song. B.A.M.A.'s version reached #16 on the Billboard hip-hop singles chart and went on to sell over 150,000 ringtones.
Kid Rock's 2008 song "All Summer Long" samples "Sweet Home Alabama" on the chorus and uses the guitar solo and piano outro; Billy Powell is featured on the track. "All Summer Long" also samples Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London", which has similar chord progression to "Sweet Home Alabama". Since Kid Rock's release, the original song has charted in the UK charts at number 44.
Spanish punk rock group Siniestro Total released a parody under the title Miña Terra Galega, that is "My Galician Homeland", in Galician), "where the sky is always gray".
In the video game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, "Sweet Home Alabama" is covered by the "Big Tuna Band" and appears with other 20th century music in Jimmy's jukebox aboard the 26th century battle cruiser "Hyperion".
Although not a cover, former Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine has admitted that the bridge to the song The Four Horsemen on the band's album Kill 'Em All is a direct copy of the main riff in Sweet Home Alabama.
Back in 1994, the Finnish rock band group "The Leningrad Cowboys featuring the Alexandrov Ensemble" did a cover of many songs on their album called "Happy Together".
Japanese female singer Chihiro Onitsuka covered the song in her 2012 cover album "FAMOUS MICROPHONE".
Argentinian singers Charly Garcia and Javier Calamaro recorded Sweet Home Buenos Aires, a song in the theme of Sweet Home Alabama but its lyrics are about Buenos Aires.
Casey Muesiggman sung Sweet Home Alabama on The Voice in 2012
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